At least 120 firefighters are tackling a fire in a tower block in west London.
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Smoke can be seen billowing from the building after the incident and twelve engines are on the scene at Shepherd’s Bush Green.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the huge block as firefighters desperately fought to get the blaze under control after it broke out at around 3.45pm.
Members of the public were evacuated from buildings in Shepherd’s Bush on Friday afternoon as smoke and flames ripped through the tower block.
Alight: Fire at tower block in Shepherd’s Bush.
The blaze broke out on Shepherd’s Court, just streets away from a busy Underground station and Westfield shopping centre.
Smoke from the blaze could be seen across the area and 999 control officers took over 40 emergency calls to the incident.
A spokesman for London Fire Brigade said the blaze affected part of the seventh, eighth and ninth floors.
There was also a helicopter at the scene, as well as a number of police vehicles and ambulances.
“The Brigade was called at 1544”.
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said there were no immediate reports of anyone trapped or injured.
Crews from Hammersmith, Kensington, Acton, Chiswick, Paddington, Fulham, Park Royal, Battersea, Wandsworth, Brixton and surrounding fire stations are at the scene.
Natasha Wills, Assistant Director of Operations at London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 4:01pm to reports of a fire at an address in Shepherds Bush”.
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London Ambulance have sent crews and a hazard response team to the area.
