Man dies and woman in hospital after house fire
A man has died and a woman was taken to hospital after a house fire in the early hours of this morning.
Half of the first floor of a mid-terraced house in Leahurst Road, Hither Green was damaged in the blaze.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus brought a man out of the building through an internal staircase.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman escaped the building before the London Fire Brigade (LFB) arrived. She was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews.
The LFB was called at around 3am and firefighters had the blaze under control by around 4.45am.
Four fire engines and about 25 firefighters from Lewisham, Lee Green, Greenwich and East Greenwich fire stations attended the scene.
A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said: “The cause of the fire is under investigation.”
(Picture: LFB)