Firefighters have rushed to a migrant hotel in Canary Wharf after reports of a blaze.
The four-star Britannia Hotel, which is housing hundreds of asylum seekers, has been the site of large scale anti-migrant protests in recent months.
Reports suggested that an electrical fire had broken out on the seventh floor on Sunday afternoon and seven fire engines hurried to the hotel.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said firefighters were 'responding to an incident at a hotel on Marsh Wall, Tower Hamlets.'
'Crews carried out a systematic search of the building for signs of fire.
