‘Engulfed in flames’: neighbours describe scene after four die in London house fire

Two children and two women rescued from blaze in Bexleyheath but all four died at the scene

Neighbours have told how they heard screaming and saw a distraught" man collapsed outside, as a house in south-east London was engulfed by flames, killing two women and two children.

The London fire brigade (LFB) said six fire engines and about 40 firefighters were called to the blaze on Hamilton Road in Bexleyheath shortly before 8.30pm on Thursday.