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Thick plumes of black smoke billowing across west London skies

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Roughly 60 firefighters are battling a blaze at a flat in west London. Eight fire engines were called to the blaze on Douglas Crescent, Hayes, just after 3pm this afternoon.

A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: “A flat on the first floor of the two storey block of flats is gutted by the fire.

“One woman and one man left the property before the Brigade arrived.”

They added: “Fire crews assisted one woman in evacuating from a ground floor flat. No injuries are reported.”

An emergency call was received at 3.01pm and the fire was under control by 4.21pm.

Fire crews from Southall, Northolt, Hillingdon, Heston, Stanmore and Chelsea fire stations were in attendance.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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