Shop fire spreads to flats

10:57am Monday 8th September 2008

By Manisha Mistry

SEVENTEEN people were rescued from a block of flats after a blaze at a shop in Eastcote.

Around 20 firefighters were called to tackle to fire in Field End Road at 5.25am yesterday morning.

Firefighters with breathing apparatus rescued the residents from the three-storey block above the shop.

Paramedics treated three people on the scene for smoke inhalation.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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