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Seven in hospital after Lambeth tower block blaze | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Seven people have been taken to hospital after a fire at high-rise block of flats in south London. | |
Emergency crews were sent to Salamanca Place, Lambeth, when the blaze started in the early hours. | |
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. | |
London Fire Brigade said no-one had been seriously injured and the fire was now under control. | |
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. |