A HUGE team of 100 firefighters are fighting a massive blaze at a London restaurant that has now engulfed flats above with five taken to hospital.
The London Fire Brigade says the takeaway in Holloway, North London, was alight by 6am with half of the ground floor and two flats on the first and second floors on fire.
UKNIPA huge fire engulfed a takeaway restaurant and the flats above[/caption]
PAThe London Fire Brigade are still attending the scene of a fire at a takeaway restaurant in Holloway, north London[/caption]
Tom BowlesThe fire brigade are tackling a fire in Holloway, where they were called in the early hours to a restaurant fire on the ground floor[/caption]
Reports of the fire on Seven Sisters Road were first received at 3.45am with crews from Holloway, Kentish Town, Islington, Euston and others attending the scene.
In the early hours of this morning, 15 fire engines were tackling the blaze.
Around 20 calls were put in to London Fire Brigade in connection with the incident as the cause remains unknown.
The London Ambulance Service treated five people before taking them to hospital.
A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 03.51am today (Thursday) to reports of a fire on Seven Sisters Road.
“We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic and members of our Hazardous Area Response Team.
“We treated five people at the scene and conveyed them to hospital.”
Investigators will likely examine the scene once the fire has been brought under control and the area is safe.
Station Commander Mike Watts, who is at the scene, said: “There are road closures in place and we urge people to avoid the area, particularly as we head into rush hour, due to congestion in the area.
“The fire is producing a lot of smoke in the vicinity and local residents are advised to keep their windows and doors closed while we work to bring the fire under control.”
Tom BowlesIn the early hours of this morning on Seven Sisters road the blaze began[/caption]
Tom BowlesAround 100 firefighters and fifteen fire engines have attended the scene so far[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
