News on Fires

Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said. "There were six fatalities -- three adults and three children," a London Fire Brigade spokesman said after the blaze in Camberwell. Witnesses gave distressing accounts of how those trapped by the fire pressed their faces up against the windows and screamed as they battled to escape the flames and smoke. The Metropolitan Police said that those who died were a three week old baby, two children aged ...

Six people, including a 3-week-old baby, were killed and 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in London on Friday, emergency services said. London Fire Brigade said the dead were three adults and three children, who included a 3-week old baby and a 7-year-old. The brigade said 18 fire engines and more than 100 firefighters were called to the blaze in the Camberwell area of south London at around 4:20 ...

Around 30 people were believed to be trapped in a tower block in London Friday after a fire spread through eight floors, London Fire Brigade said. The blaze, at a tower block in Camberwell is being attended by around 100 firefighters. It started on the fourth floor and spread to the 11th and involves around 30 people, a brigade spokesman said. "We're carrying out a search of the building," the spokesman added. London Ambulance Service said it had been called at around 4:25pm (1525 GMT) and had sent ...