A RESIDENT was seen “jumping from a building”; after a horror blaze ripped through a block of flats last night.
Ten fire engines and other emergency services scrambled to the scene in Lewisham, Southeast , just before midnight after a fire at a block of maisonettes.
Seventy firefighters were summoned and a number remained on Lewisham Road overnight, after the control centre received 14 calls in relation to the blaze.
The fire engulfed part of a five-room maisonette split across the ground and first floors.
One local claimedthat she saw a resident jump from the second-floor apartment to the communal garden when the flames took hold, reports The Mirror.
She told the outlet: “I saw relatives asking if their family members had been found.
“One person jumped from the second floor into the communal garden area when everything caught fire.”;
Control Officers received the first of 14 emergency calls at 11:55pm, dispatching crews from Greenwich, Lewisham, Lee Green and surrounding stations.
The incident was thankfully declared under control at 2:02am – more than two hours after it began.
A spokesperson for Fire Brigade said this morning: “Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are tackling a fire at a block of maisonettes on Lewisham Road, Lewisham.
“A small part of a five roomed maisonette is alight. Lewisham Road is currently closed between Penrose Way and Lewisham Hill.
“Control Officers took the first of 14 calls at 2355 and mobilised crews to the scene from Greenwich, Lewisham, Lee Green and surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire is not yet known.”;
The service added on X: “Please avoid the area while the incident is ongoing.”;
