Around 100 firefighters are battling a huge fire that engulfed a newly built block of flats on Sunday afternoon in east London.

Footage shows the building is engulfed by fire from the ground to the sixth floor as 15 fire engines were deployed to tackle the blaze.

Officials respond to the scene after a crane collapsed into Elan City Lights apartments amid severe thunderstorms, Sunday, June 9, 2019, in Dallas. [Photo: AP]

A Met Police spokesperson said there had been no reports of injuries at this stage and residents have been evacuated.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) has put up road blocks at the scene and described fire as a "major incident".

The cause of the fire is not yet known.