Man missing after hostel fire in Hackney A man is missing following a fire in a disused Salvation Army hostel in east London. About 40 firefighters had been called to the building on Lower Clapton Road in Hackney in the early hours of the morning. A man and woman had to be rescued and they were taken to hospital, where the man remains in a critical condition. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said one man remains unaccounted for and the cause of the fire is unexplained. The fire was brought under control in a few hours but the building remains unsafe. The London Fire Brigade and the police have begun a joint investigation into the cause of the fire..