120 firefighters respond to ‘intense’ blaze at block of flats in London

Smoke rising from the block of flats, pictured from a police helicopter on the scene (NPAS London/PA)

More than 100 firefighters are tackling a fire that broke out on the roof of a block of flats in Deptford, southeast London.

The London Fire Brigade said 13 people had evacuated from the building, adding that there had been no reports of injuries.