Four children die in London house blaze despite firefighters’ rescue efforts

The cause of the fire is under investigation

Firefighters battled to save the four children. Picture: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

Four children, all believed to be related, have died in a house fire in south London after firefighters battled to save them as the blaze tore through the building.

Firefighters in breathing apparatus entered the mid-terrace house in Collingwood Road, Sutton, on Thursday evening, as it was being ravaged by an “intense blaze”, before removing each of the four children and giving them CPR.