60 people escape blaze at Camberwell block of flats
About 60 people were forced to leave a block of flats after a fire destroyed a home on the third floor.
Four fire engines and about 25 firefighters tackled the flat fire in Midnight Avenue, Camberwell, at around 9pm last night.
One man was treated on the scene by London Ambulance Service crews.
Half of a four-roomed flat on the third floor of a residential block was damaged by the fire.
A small part of an external fourth-floor balcony was also damaged by the blaze.
The fire is believed to have been accidental and caused by an electrical fault in a consumer unit.
The London Fire Brigade took 17 calls to the blaze.
The brigade was called at around 9pm and the fire was under control by around 10pm.
Fire crews from Lambeth, Peckham, Brixton and Old Kent Road fire stations attended the scene.
(Picture: LFB)
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