London fire brigade sends 70 firefighters to Battersea as images online show flames peeling from top of block
A fire has broken out at a tower block in south-west London. The London fire brigade said it had sent 70 firefighters to Westbridge Road in Battersea as images online showed flames peeling from the top of the block and a dark plume of smoke drifting into the sky.
A spokesperson said: “Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters have been called to reports of a fire at a block of flats on Westbridge Road.”