Firefighters in South London contained a blaze in a new 20-storey block flats in the early hours of this morning.
Around 180 people were evacuated after a fire broke out in a flat on the 13th floor of the building at around 4am in Lewisham.
Most of the balcony and part of a four-bedroom flat on the 13th floor of the block on Elmira Street were damaged.
The London Fire brigade, which send eight fire engines and nearly 60 firefighters to the incident, said that a sprinkler system inside the tower was activated and suppressed the fire.
The fire was brought under control within an hour of the alarm being raised and there were no reports of any injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The South London high-rise blaze broke out on the anniversary of Grenfell Tower tragedy.
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2018/06/14/firefighters-and-sprinklers-contain-tower-block-blaze/
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