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Thornton Heath fire LIVE: 70 firefighters rush to flat blaze as ‘roof alight’
Ten fire engines and 70 firefighters have been deployed to tackle a flat fire in London in the early hours of Saturday morning
The blaze broke out on Lenham Road, with London Fire Brigade releasing a statement confirming the scale of the emergency.
The brigade said: “Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been called to a flat fire on Lenham Road in Thornton Heath.
Part of the ground and first floors and the whole of the roof of a mid-terraced house converted into flats are alight. Part of the ground floor of a neighbouring property is also alight.”
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