In the early hours of yesterday morning, six fire engines and approximately 40 firefighters responded to a fire at a shop with flats above on Bloomfield Road in Plumstead

The building’s ground floor was destroyed by fire. Before the Brigade arrived, two adults and two children left a first-floor flat. There were no reported injuries.

The Fire Department was called at 12:47 a.m., and the fire was out by 2.54 a.m. Plumstead, East Greenwich, Sidcup, and other nearby fire stations sent crews to the scene.

The fire’s origin is being investigated.