Fire breaks out at tower block in south-west London
by Euan O'Byrne Mulligan and agency from World news | The Guardian on (#5QN2X)
Woman and child taken to hospital as 70 firefighters are sent to blaze in Battersea
A woman and child have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out on the 20th floor of a tower block in south-west London.
The London fire brigade sent 70 firefighters to Westbridge Road in Battersea shortly after 8pm, as images online showed flames peeling from the top of the block and a dark plume of smoke drifting into the sky.
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