Some 60 firefighters rushed to tackle a flat fire in a major UK city.

13:33, Wed, Jan 21, 2026 Updated: 13:39, Wed, Jan 21, 2026

Firefighters tackling the fire

Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters raced to a blazing fire (Image: UKNIP)

Four children were rushed to hospital after a fire ripped through a flat in an 11-storey building in London. 

Firefighters tackled a fire at the building on Barrington Road in Lambeth, where a maisonette flat on the fifth and sixth floors was completely destroyed by fire. Over 20 people were evacuated from the building, four children were taken to hospital as a precaution. 

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The London Fire Brigade's control office took the first of 23 calls about the fire at 8.05am and sent fire crews from Brixton, Clapham, Peckham, and other surrounding fire stations to the scene. The fire was under control at 9.33am.

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