Three children in hospital after flat fire in Enfield
After a fire in a three -storey apartment block in Enfield, three children were hospitalized.
There were 10 firefighters at the scene near Maybury and approximately 70 firefighters North London on Monday morning. The roof of the Flats block and the second floor were destroyed in the fire.
When a resident of Vicky Gardner, who lived near the apartments, saw the fire and called the fire brigade, his dog was walking at 5.15.
“I couldn’t hear anything, but I immediately saw the flames firing on the top of the roof,” he said. Independent.
“At the same time, one of my neighbors had come out of his property and woke up the doors and people, because no one had come out at this point.”
Since they could hear, there was no fire alarm at any point, and people started to evacuate as emergency services arrived.
Ms. Gardner added: “People started to come out and I could see that there was a child on the top floor and a woman in her arms … Until then, there were too many smoke.”
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) confirmed that three children were hospitalized with smoke inhalation and that the conditions of the MET police were considered life -threatening.
A London Ambulance Service Spokesman: “We sent our medical officer, an event intervention officer and dangerous space intervention team to the scene.”
A met police spokesman said the investigations were continuing and the police were working with the LFB to investigate the cause of the fire. They said there was no arrest right now.
This morning, a large traffic deduction has been reported in the area and the A10 to Hoe Lane is currently closed. London passengers were advised to avoid the region.
At 5.19, LFB received the first of the 16 calls for the fire and deployed from the crew Enfield, Edmonton, Chingford, Tottenham, Woodford and Southgate firefighters. Fire was under control right after 8 in the morning.
A week ago, there was a fire in London’s Westfield Stratford City shopping center and 10 firefighters were sent to the burning multi -storey parking lot.
Firefighters, the fire received at least 35 calls, the first of the first time at 16:00 and the fire is under control until 5.54 reported. It is accidentally treated and is thought to cause an uncertain failure of a diesel motor car within the motor compartment.
Anyone who is informed should contact the police by calling 101 or online by quoting CAD866/22SEP.
