A six-year-old boy has died after falling from the upper floor of a tower block in east London. The child is said to have fallen from a height at New City Road, Plaistow, shortly before 6am on Thursday. Air ambulance paramedics, police, and the fire brigade attended, but the boy died at the scene. The death is being treated as unexpected, no arrests have been made and further inquiries are under way to establish the circumstances. A Metropolitan police spokesperson said police officers, London fire brigade, London ambulance service and London’s air ambulance attended the scene at a block of flats. “Despite the efforts of emergency services, [the boy] sadly died at the scene. His family are aware and are being supported … Our thoughts are with the child’s family at this time. There were no arrests. A scene remains in place.” A London ambulance service spokesperson said ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer and a trauma team in a car from London’s air ambulance were all dispatched to the scene. “Our first paramedics arrived on scene in approximately four minutes. Very sadly, a child was pronounced dead at the scene.”