Cydney Parker

Mother recounts escape from fire in Dagenham flats

A young mother has recounted her harrowing experience attempting to escape a fire in her block of flats in Dagenham, east London. Cydney Parker, 26, reported that fire alarms failed to sound, and an escape route gate was padlocked when the fire erupted at the Spectrum building early on Monday morning. Parker described the scene as she fled in her…