Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters responded to a terraced house fire on Westfield Gardens, Chadwell Heath.
At the height of the fire, the loft space, rear decking and half of the ground floor was alight. The buildings roof was destroyed by the fire.
One of the Brigade’s 32-metre turntable ladders was deployed as a water tower to help fight the fire from above.
The Brigade’s Control Officers took the first of five calls reporting the incident at 1402 and deployed crews from Ilford, Dagenham, Hainault and surrounding fire stations. Firefighters had the incident under control by 1631.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Brigade.