Rescued woman dies after fire breaks out at block of flats in North London
A woman has died after being rescued from a block of flats that caught fire in North London overnight.
Some 60 firefighters tackled the blaze at the four-storey building in Daleham Gardens, Hampstead, that broke out in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Around 20 people fled the building before crews arrived, however one woman who was rescued from the building died at the scene, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.
No further details have been released about the woman.
A brigade spokesman said: “Crews rescued a woman from the building but sadly she was pronounced dead at the scene. Around 20 people left the flats before the brigade arrived.”
Crews in eight fire engines, along with an aerial appliance, raced to the scene after the alarm was raised at 1.52am.
The LFB said fire had damaged part of the first, second and third floors of the building.
Pictures posted on social media showed flames leaping from the building’s roof, the whole of which was damaged.
Fire fighters could be seen on the roof of the block of flats at 7.30am, a column of smoke still rising past them.
Hoses snaked up nearby Akenside Road through several lines of police cordons which separate the surrounding streets from the scene of the blaze.
The roof of the building had been completely ravaged by the overnight blaze, leaving only blackened fragments jutting out.
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Firefighters surveyed the scene of the fire from an extendable platform attached to a crane.
One window of the building, which appeared to have been opened, had also been left black.
The fire was brought under control by 5am, although firefighters remained at the scene and motorists were advised to avoid the area.
The cause of the blaze is currently under investigation.
