A FIRE in a high rise tower block has sent plumes of thick smoke into the air as 70 firefighters tackle the blaze.
Some 10 fire engines are tackling the blaze at Rosenthal House in Lewisham, London, this afternoon, having been called at 12.51pm today.
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Two flats on the 9th and 10th floors of the building are currently alight.
Dramatic footage posted on social media shows black smoke and flames pouring from one of the flats.
A fire engine can be seen parked up nearby as onlookers watch outside an Aldi supermarket across the road.
The London Fire Brigade’s 999 Control Officers have taken almost 50 calls to the blaze.
A spokesperson for the brigade said: “Fire crews from Forest Hill, Greenwich, Deptford, Lee Green and surrounding fire stations are at the scene.
“Rushey Green remains closed between Rosenthal Road and Honley Road and people are advised to avoid the area whilst firefighters work to bring the fire under control.
“The cause of the fire is not known at this time.”
Late last month, the LFB dealt with two separate fires in tower blocks in the capital.
On August 26, the brigade first tackled a blaze at a block of flats on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, East London.
Forty fire engines and around 225 firefighters were dispatched to deal with it.
Later that day, 10 fire engines and some 70 firefighters are tackling the flat fire in a high rise building on Biscayne Avenue in Blackwall, East London.
The LFB said half of a flat and balcony on the 25th floor of the 45-storey building was alight.
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