Fire breaks out at top of 17-storey tower block as 80 firefighters rush to scene

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Fire breaks out at top of 17-storey tower block as 80 firefighters rush to scene
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A FIRE has broken out at the top of a 17-storey tower block. Around 80 firefighters and a dozen engines have attended the flat blaze. Half of a five-room flat on the 15th floor of the block is alig…

Around 80 firefighters and a dozen engines have attended the flat blaze.Credit: Twitter

Half of a five-room flat on the 15th floor of the block is alight and part of the roof is also on fire in Bromley,Niki Herring, 46, who works in digital marketing, spotted smoke billowing out of the high-rise building from her home more than a mile away in Shortlands."It was particularly shocking with recent tragedies like Grenfell in mind.

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