A flat on the twelfth flooring of the excessive rise tower in Queensdale Crescent in Shepherd’s Bush caught hearth about 9.20am on Tuesday.
Paramedics mentioned they had been treating “a lot of sufferers” on the scene.
Three individuals who had been within the flat that caught hearth left earlier than the primary hearth engine arrived with different neighbours being evacuated.
Firefighters led six residents from the tower to security down an inner staircase. Others had been suggested to remain of their properties.
60 firefighters have been tackling a hearth in a twelfth flooring flat in W11 near Grenfell Tower.
/ BBC LondonResident Kia Zeka instructed LBC Information that newly put in sprinklers within the constructing had didn’t activate.
She mentioned: “I dwell on the seventh flooring – I noticed the fireplace brigade behind the constructing from the window and I simply ran out.
“Nobody got here to the door, nobody instructed us what as happening…once I got here on the market had been folks outdoors, police they usually have stopped now the fireplace however we are able to’t return contained in the constructing but.”
“It’s fairly scary. We now have Grenfell simply in entrance of us and it looks like we’re going by way of the identical factor,” she added.
Locals reported feeling sick at seeing the proximity of the blaze to Grenfell Tower the place 72 folks misplaced their lives in 2017.
BBC footage seems to point out the remnants of the burned-out flat after the fireplace was extinguished. The blaze seems to have been contained to a single flat with solely exterior harm to the properties above.
London Hearth Brigade mentioned they took over 30 emergency calls to the blaze.
Station Commander David Bracewell, who’s on the scene, mentioned: “Three folks from the affected flat left earlier than the Brigade arrived. Numerous different residents evacuated the constructing.
“Firefighters led six residents to security through an inner staircase. Additional residents who weren’t affected by hearth, warmth or smoke had been suggested to stay of their flats.
“Within the early levels we used new expertise referred to as 9Eye that enabled a caller to ship dwell stream movies of the incident straight into the Brigade’s 999 name centre.
“We’ve additionally used a 32m turntable ladder to place water on the skin of the constructing.”
Conservative MP for Kensington Felicity Buchan tweeted: “Very regarding to listen to concerning the excessive rise hearth at Queensdale Crescent in Shepherds Bush.”
Getting the measurements of the ladders getting used to sort out the blaze blended up, she added: “I’m instructed by @LondonFire that 8 hearth engines are there, 60 firefighters and a 32mm aerial equipment. A 64mm one has been referred to as.”
Native NHS comms director Mike Waddington urged any residents whose recollections of the Grenfell hearth had been triggered by the newest blaze to contact native psychological well being providers.
He tweeted: “If you happen to discover this incident in Shepherds Bush upsetting so near the Grenfell Anniversary please contact the Grenfell Well being & Wellbeing Service.”
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