Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a shop with flats above in Sydenham this afternoon. Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been mobilised to the fire at a mid-terraced shop with flats above on Newlands Park.
The London Fire Brigade said half of the first floor of the building is alight. Control Officers received the first of 17 emergency calls at 2.10pm and dispatched crews from Beckenham, Woodside, Lewisham and surrounding fire stations to the scene.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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