Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to a fire at a house on Kent Avenue in Welling.
A small part of a loft conversion in the two storey mid terraced house was destroyed by fire. Sadly one man died at the scene.
The Brigade was called at 1750 and the incident was over by 1926. Fire crews from Eltham, Sidcup and Bexley fire stations were in attendance.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Met police and the Brigade.