This afternoon, ten fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters responded to a fire at a shop with flats above on Chalk Farm Road in Camden

The building’s ground floor shop and a three-roomed flat on the first floor were both on fire. A small portion of a nearby first-floor flat was also on fire.

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Station Commander Brett Loft, who was present at the time, stated: “Firefighters were working in extremely hot and arduous conditions to quickly put out the fire.