Six fire engines and around 35 firefighters were called to a basement fire at a cafe with flats above on Stoke Newington Church Street in Stoke Newington.
Part of the basement and a small part of the ground floor were damaged by the fire. Two people left the cafe and a further two people left the flats above before the Brigade arrived. One man was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation by London Ambulance Service crews.
The Brigade was called at 1147 and the fire was under control by 1312. Fire crews from Stoke Newington, Hornsey, Islington, Homerton and Tottenham fire stations attended the scene.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.