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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ewan Somerville

Deptford fire: Firefighters battle early morning blaze in block of flats

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been battling a blaze in a block of flats in south east London.

Crews rushed to a reported fire on the 13th floor of a high-rise on Abinger Grove, Deptford, in Lewisham, just before 7am on Friday morning.

Smoke was seen billowing out of the building and the apartment was alight.

Residents were evacuated from their flats and firefighters had the fire under control an hour later.

The residence is on Abinger Grove, Deptford, in Lewisham (Google StreetView)

London Fire Brigade took 22 calls concerning the fire and crews from Greenwich, Old Kent Road, Deptford, Lewisham, Peckham New Cross and surrounding stations all attended.

No injuries have been reported and its cause is under investigation.

It is the third flat fire in as many days after a blaze broke out in an underground car park beneath an apartment block in nearby Hither Green on Thursday morning.

On Wednesday night a huge fire tore through a block of flats in Acacia Road, Wood Green. No injuries were reported in either fire.

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