Three people were rescued after a fire broke out in a basement at a central London hotel.
Nearly 60 firefighters were sent to the blaze at a hotel in Princes Square, Bayswater, just after 11pm on Friday.
Crews managed to rescue three men from the burning premises, one from the first floor and two from the second floor of the five story property.
All three were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
Around 200 people had managed to leave the hotel unharmed after it was evacuated.
Firefighters remained at the hotel for nearly three hours before they left just before 2am.
Crews from Paddington, North Kensington, Soho, Hammersmith and West Hampstead fire stations used an aerial ladder platform during the operation.
Station Manager Charles Hanks who was at the scene said: "Our crews worked hard to confine the fire to the basement and to stop it from spreading to the upper floors of the hotel.
“Firefighters rescued three people and carried out a systematic search of the building to make sure no-one else was inside."
London Fire Brigade said the cause of the fire is under investigation.
