The fire damaged a small portion of a three-room, split-level maisonette on the fifth floor of a five-story apartment building.
Before the Brigade arrived, about 30 people had left the building. There were no reported injuries.
The fire is thought to have started accidentally due to self-heating textiles.
These types of fires frequently involve textiles that become contaminated with oil, most commonly linseed, massage, and cooking oil on tea towels, tablecloths, and chef whites,” a London Fire Brigade spokesperson said.
Occasionally, when materials are cleaned, placed in tumble dryers, and then folded and stacked, the heat from the tumble drying cannot escape. This can cause a high enough temperature to build up, allowing it to smoulder and eventually ignite.
“When washing and drying on a hot cycle, always use the cooling cycle on the tumble dryer to allow it to cool down and allow the heat to dissipate properly before stacking laundered items together.”
The Fire Department was called at 9.07pm, and the fire was out by 9.47pm. Firefighters from Islington, Shoreditch, Euston, and Whitechapel were dispatched to the scene.
