About 70 firefighters bring blaze in south-east London tower block under control | London

Dozens of firefighters were called to extinguish the blaze in a high-rise building in southeast London less than two hours after a damning report into the Grenfell Tower fire was published.

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) received 50 calls to the fire at lunchtime on Wednesday after two apartments on the ninth and 10th floors in Catford.

Thick smoke was briefly seen billowing from a corner of the top floor of the 11-storey building, and around 70 firefighters in 10 fire engines were dispatched to the scene. At around 2:20pm, firefighters said the blaze had been contained and no injuries were reported.

Photos of the concrete-covered building showed the top corners of the building covered in black soot as firefighters on a work platform looked on.

The cause of the Catford fire is unknown and the London Fire Brigade has urged the public to avoid the area around Rosenthal Road as firefighters battled the blaze.

The photo shows traffic restrictions on Rosenthal Street.

In an earlier statement, the LFB said: “Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are battling a blaze at an apartment block in Rosenthal Road, Catford. Fire is currently affecting two apartments on the ninth and tenth floors of the building.”

“Fire brigade 999 crews have received nearly 50 calls about the fire. The fire brigade was called at 12.51pm. Fire crews from Forest Hill, Greenwich, Deptford, Lee Green and surrounding fire stations are on scene.”

“The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.”