The fire damaged half of a four-room flat on the first floor of the building. A man was rescued from the flat by crews wearing breathing apparatus and taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews.

On arrival, firefighters could see the fire visible behind the window to the rear of the flat,” a London Fire Brigade spokesperson said. They entered the house and quickly found and rescued a person in a bedroom.

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