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Firefighters tackle blaze at London tower block Seven in hospital after Lambeth tower block blaze
(about 2 hours later)
A fire at a 17-storey block of flats in Lambeth, south London, has been brought under control. Seven people have been taken to hospital after a fire at high-rise block of flats in south London.
Station Manager Matt Burrows said: "Firefighters have rescued nine people externally from the third and fourth floors via our ladders and a further 10 people were led to safety via internal staircases by fire crews wearing breathing apparatus." Emergency crews were sent to Salamanca Place, Lambeth, when the blaze started in the early hours.
The Fire Brigade was called at 0253. The cause of the fire is not known at this stage. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue nine people from the 17-storey building and a further 10 people were led to safety down an internal staircase.
Ten fire engines and five fire rescue units attended the blaze in Salamanca Place. London Fire Brigade said no-one had been seriously injured and the fire was now under control.
London Ambulance said it had treated 10 patients for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion. Seven of them were taken to hospital. Heat exhaustion
More than 100 were moved from the building when the fire started on the fourth floor just before 0300 BST.
At its height 75 firefighters tackled the flames and it took more than two hours to bring the fire under control.
Station Manager Matt Burrows said: "Firefighters have rescued nine people externally from the third and fourth floors via our ladders.
"A further 10 people were led to safety via internal staircases by fire crews wearing breathing apparatus."
London Ambulance treated 10 patients for the effects in inhaling smoke and heat exhaustion. Seven of them were taken to hospital.