Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have rescued an elderly man from the lounge of a ground floor flat on Talbot Close, South Tottenham, N15 yesterday morning.
The fire damaged part of the flat and the man was treated at the scene by London Ambulance Service for smoke inhalation.
The Brigade was called at 0902 and the fire was under control by 0938. Two fire engines and around 10 firefighters from Tottenham fire station are at the scene. The cause of the fire is under investigation