"Four children were taken to hospital after flats were destroyed in a fire in south London on Tuesday. Around 60 firefighters raced to the scene on Barrington Road in Lambeth. Two flats at the 11-storey block were engulfed in the blaze. More than 20 people were evacuated from the tower and four children were taken to hospital. The London Fire Brigade said they were taken there as a precaution and did not report if any were injured."
"The LFB said in a statement: Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters were called to a flat fire on Barrington Road in Lambeth. Firefighters tackled a fire at an 11-storey building, where a maisonette flat on the fifth and sixth floors was completely destroyed by fire. Over 20 people were evacuated from the building, four children were taken to hospital as a precaution."
A fire destroyed a maisonette spanning the fifth and sixth floors of an 11-storey block on Barrington Road in Lambeth. Two flats were engulfed and over 20 residents were evacuated from the tower. Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters from Brixton, Clapham, Peckham and surrounding stations responded, with the Brigade receiving 23 calls beginning at 0805. Fire crews brought the blaze under control by 0933. Four children were taken to hospital as a precaution; no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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