Woman rescued by pair from London apartment explosion

A woman has been air-lifted to hospital after an explosion and fire in a block of flats in west London.

Two people who carried her to safety have been treated for breathing in smoke at Edensor Gardens in Chiswick.

OMG.....I was doing a delivery in chiswick when I noticed a fire then BOOOOOOOOOM!!! Hope nobody is hurt! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/8N8LimPERg

— JP (@jpgreenman) December 31, 2013

40 people have been evacuated from the building.

Kevin McKenzie from London Fire Brigade said it was a very intense and "fully developed" fire.

"The heat and the fire itself… would have been quite intense. So yes, she was very lucky."