Sean Morrison @seanmorrison_31 October 2019
Firefighters have rescued a man from a blaze at a block of flats in south-west London.
Dramatic footage showed worried onlookers watching on as crews rushed into the 15-storey building in Battersea on Thursday.
About 60 firefighters and eight fire engines were called tackle the flames in a flat in the block at around 6.20pm.
The man who was rescued was treated by paramedics at the scene in Ingrave Street, London Fire Brigade said.
Flat fire: Firefighters are the scene of the blaze in Ingrave Street, Battersea
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A Met Police spokesman said he is aged in his forties.
Fire crews outside the tower block in Battersea
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Part of a flat on the 14th floor was damaged in the blaze, which was brought under control by 7.28pm.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
