St John’s Wood fire: 60 firefighters tackle blaze at flat on Abbey Road

Sixty firefighters called to flat fire on Abbey Road
PA Archive
Elly Blake4 December 2021

Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters have been called to a flat fire on Abbey Road in St John’s Wood.

Part of a four-roomed flat on the fourth floor of the building was damaged by fire.

The London Fire Brigade said it was called at just before 5pm on Saturday.

Fire crews from West Hampstead, North Kensington, Willesden, Paddington, Kentish Town and surrounding fire stations are at the scene.

Station Commander Jonathon Holt, who was at the scene, said: “Firefighters worked quickly to bring the fire under control.

“One woman was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews.

“There were road closures in place whilst firefighters worked to make the scene safe and buses were on diversion.”

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Roads which surround Abbey State Tower have been closed after a fire was reported.

The B507 Abbey Road (NW6/NW8) in both directions is closed from the junction of Belsize Road.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in