Over 70 firefighters are tackling a huge fire at derelict factory Millennium Mills in the West Silvertown area of London.

Videos posted to social media show planes making their way through smoke billowing across the flight path of London City Airport.

London Fire Brigade said ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters rushed to the scene on Mill Road in east London just after 6pm this evening.

The cause of the fire at the old flour mill on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock is not yet known.

London City Airport confirmed that flight had not been affected.

London Fire Brigade said half of the old mill, which has been used in a series of music videos, is alight.

Pictures show flames coursing out of the windows of the building.

One wrote on Twitter: ‘Not really sure why planes are still coming into land at London City Airport when the Millennium Mills is ablaze. Surely dangerous.’

A spokesperson said in a statement: ‘Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been called to a fire at a derelict factory on Mill Road in Silvertown.

‘Around half of one section of the building is currently alight.

‘The Brigade was called at 6.05pm. Fire crews from Poplar, Stratford, East Greenwich, Whitechapel, Barking, Bethnal Green, Plaistow and East Ham fire stations are at the scene.

‘The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage.’

The Millennium Mills has been used in TV series and films and is the backdrop of music videos for bands including The Smiths, Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay.

According to the brigade at least 56 people reported the fire.

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