ACCIDENT

30 injured as fire engulfs 27-storey apartment in west London

london-tower-fire-afp This handout image received by local resident Natalie Oxford early on Wednesday shows flames and smoke coming from a 27-storey block of flats after a fire broke out in west London | AFP PHOTO / Natalie Oxford

A huge fire today engulfed a 24- storey residential tower in London, injuring 30 people and trapping several others in their homes.

The fire brigade said 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters had been called to the blaze in Grenfell Tower, which has 120 flats.

"Fire is from 2nd to top floor of 27 storey building," the fire service said on Twitter.

A dramatic photograph posted by the fire service showed the side of the building engulfed in flames.

Police said in a statement they were called at 1:16 AM (local time) "to reports of a large fire at a block of flats in the Lancaster West Estate".

They said an evacuation of the block was "underway" and at least two people were being treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.

The apartment block was built in 1974.

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