Five receive treatment as 60 firefighters tackle flat blaze
Five people have received treatment from paramedics after a semi-detached flat caught fire in north-west London.
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London Fire Brigade (LFB) said around 60 firefighters and eight engines responded to the blaze on Christchurch St, Kilburn, after midnight.
The blaze destroyed the first floor and the roof of a semi-detached property with two floors that had been converted into flats, firefighters said.
Five people escaped the property before the brigade arrived and were treated by the London Ambulance Service.
The fire was brought under control around 4am, LFB said.
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The cause of the blaze is not yet known.
Emergency services received the first of 18 calls after 12.30am on Thursday.
Crews from West Hampstead, North Kensington, Willesden and surrounding stations attended the scene.
One of the Brigade’s 32-metre ladders was deployed at the scene, and used to fight the fire from above.