Man dies after 2-bed flat on 17th floor of tower block goes up in flames as woman and child flee blaze

A MAN has died after a two-bedroom flat on the 17th floor of a tower block went up in flames, as a woman and child manged to flee. Some 50 other residents of the block in Poplar, east London, also managed to escape before firefighters were at the scene at around 4.35am today, September 12....