EIR - Dalston fire [Nov 2024]

Your request

1. Copies of any briefing, updates, emails or other written material provided to the Mayor and his Deputy Mayors regarding the fire on Dalston Lane on 5 June 2024.
2. Copies of any updates, minutes, emails or other written material between the GLA and the Peabody Housing Association regarding the fire on Dalston Lane on 5 June 2024.
3. The names and frequency of any regular stakeholder meetings hosted by the GLA attended by representatives of the Peabody Housing Association. If this request is too wide, please provide details of such meetings where members of the Peabody Housing Association senior leadership team attend.

Our response

Please note that the type of information you are seeking is more likely be held by the relevant local authority. The GLA holds information within part 3 of your request because our Housing and Land directorate hold regular meetings with Peabody (unrelated to parts 1 and 2 of your request) We do hold a general report about the fire which I have also attached:

• Quarterly Meeting

Peabody

• Director, Development Programme and Partnerships
• Deputy Executive Director – Development
• Head of Programme and Procedure
• Programme Manager
• Procedure & Compliance Officer x 2

GLA

• Heather Juman - Head of Area, South London
• Senior Area Manager, South London
• Area Manager, South London

• Fortnightly Operational Meeting 

Peabody 

• Director, Development Programme and Partnerships
• Head of Programme and Procedure
• Programme Manager
• Procedure & Compliance Officer x 2

GLA

• Heather Juman - Head of Area, South London
• Senior Area Manager, South London
• Area Manager, South London

Please note that some names of members of staff are exempt from disclosure under Regulation 13 (Personal information) of the EIR. Information that identifies specific employees constitutes as personal data which is defined by Article 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual. It is considered that disclosure of this information would contravene the first data protection principle under Article 5(1) of GDPR which states that Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject. 

LONDON RESILIENCE Incident report 

• Subject: 15-Pump Residential Fire | 205 Dalston Lane, Hackney E8
• GSC: Official-Sensitive
• Date / Time: 5-Jun-2024 18:01 / 19:05 / 20:23

Summary

Report 3 | 5-Jun-2024 20:23

• LFB has confirmed that the fire was brought under control by 19:25, however crews will remain on scene throughout the evening to fully extinguish the fire and dampening down
• One person was treated by LAS for smoke inhalation at the scene
• Approximately 30 residents have been relocated to St Johns Church, Hackney and are being supported by the Local Authority
• Dalston Lane remains closed from Lower Clapton Road to Amhurst Road, and six bus routes (38, 55, 106, 253, 254, 242) remain on diversion.

Report 2 | 19:05

• LFB remain on scene where 20% of the roof, of the low rise residential building comprising of four floors, remains alight
• Crews are being supported at the scene by a 32 metre turntable ladder, two jets, two hose reels and four breathing apparatus
• All persons are now accounted for and no injuries reported
• The cause of the fire is unknown at this time
• Dalston Lane remains closed between Pembury Road and Lower Clapton Road, and eight bus routes have been placed on diversion.

Report 1 | 18:01

• LFB is currently responding with fifteen pumps to a residential fire on Dalston Lane in Hackney
• The building alight is understood to be a maisonette
• At this stage, no injuries have been reported however there are persons reported unknown • LAS and MPS are also currently at the scene.

Incident Location

London Borough | Hackney Parliamentary Constituency | Hackney South and Shoreditch

Sources: LFB

Report Released By: LRU Duty Officer

This report may contain information that should not be shared beyond the original distribution list without consulting the London Resilience. Quoting or paraphrasing text requires authorisation from London Resilience. If authorised, the Government Security Classification should be respected, and the context faithfully reproduced.

Email 

From: @london-fire.gov.uk

Sent: 05 June 2024 19:25

Subject: Fifteen Pump Fire in the London Borough of Hackney

Fifteen Pump Fire Persons Reported: in the London Borough of Hackney This notification is to make you aware that this evening on 5th June 2024 the Brigade was called to a Fifteen Pump Fire Persons Reported at Dalston Lane E8. Fifteen Fire engines and around one hundred firefighters are attending the incident, which is a low-rise residential block of flats of four floors, sixty metres by fifteen metres, thirty percent of roof alight . Approximately thirty residents have been relocated to St Johns Church, Hackney. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Brigade’s Fire Investigation Unit. Approved by [Name redacted]