The fire took hold on Sunday night

Firefighters were called to a skip alight this morning.

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Crews from Hornchurch fire station were called to the incident in Hacton Lane, Hornchurch today (Thursday January 26) at around 5.45am.

A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade said: “It was very difficult to tackle because there were lot of things inside it.”