Around 70 firefighters are tackling a blaze at two flats on the ninth and 10th floors of a tower block in Catford, south-east London, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.
Ten fire engines attended the blaze at a block of flats on Rosenthal Road in Catford, the LFB said in a statement.
Two flats on the ninth and 10th floors of the tower block were still alight at the time the statement was released, with the LFB taking almost 50 calls to the blaze.
The brigade was first called at 12:51pm, and crews from Forest Hill, Greenwich, Deptford, Lee Green and surrounding fire stations were dispatched to the scene.
“The cause of the fire is not known at this time,” the statement concluded.
The blaze comes on the day that the 1,700-page report of the six-year long Grenfell inquiry found that government ignorance and corporate greed contributed to the 2017 tragedy in which 72 people lost their lives.
Speaking out on the fire in Catford, the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission wrote on X: “The news reports of a fire in a residential block of flats in Catford are deeply concerning to all of us. Our thoughts are with the residents and community who are affected, and we pray for their safety.”
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