Eight police officers who tried to rescue victims of a house fire were among eleven taken to hospital on Friday morning.
Around 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines attended the blaze at the five-storey terraced house in South Kensington.
The fire in Emperor’s Gate, broke out shortly after midnight, with 160 people forced to leave neighbouring buildings.
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said 11 people were treated at the scene before being “taken to hospitals and major trauma centres”. All eight police officers have now been discharged.
London Fire Brigade said five people were rescued from the burning building, which is converted into flats, with the injured treated for smoke inhalation.
Two people were rescued from a second floor flat, one person was rescued from a first floor flat and another two were rescued from a flat on the fourth floor.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/01/london-south-kensington-fire-multiples-taken-hospital/
