Three men dead after west London building fire | London

Three people have died following a fire at a building in London, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.

The fire service said reports were received of the fire on New Zealand Road in White City, west London, at 6.52pm on Saturday.

Three men were rescued from a single-storey building by firefighters and treated at the scene by paramedics near Loftus Road, Queens Park Rangers ground.

LFB reported that two people died at the scene and another died later in hospital.

15 fire trucks and approximately 100 firefighters participated in the intervention.

LFB deputy commissioner Pat Goulbourne said the cause of the fire was being investigated by specialist fire investigation officers and the Metropolitan police.

He said: “The fire involved a single-storey mansion, and just over half of the structure was damaged by the fire.”

Goulbourne added: “Control officers mobilized crews from North Kensington, Acton, Chiswick and surrounding fire stations to the scene.

Fire crews managed to bring the fire under control at 21.25.