Five fire engines and around 35 firefighters were called to a fire at a block of flats on Thurlow Street in Southwark.
Part of a five roomed flat on the fourth floor of a ten storey block of flats was destroyed by fire. Four people left the property before the Brigade arrived.
The Brigade's 999 Control centre received their first call at 1205 and the incident was under control by 1256. Fire crews from Old Kent Road, Deptford, Whitechapel, Shadwell and Soho fire stations were in attendance.