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Chiswick 'explosion': Elderly woman airlifted after flat fire | |
(35 minutes later) | |
An elderly woman has been airlifted to hospital after a fire broke out in a flat in Chiswick, west London. | |
About 30 firefighters were called to the blaze in Edensor Gardens just before 15:00 GMT. | |
London Fire Brigade said a five-roomed flat on the ground floor of the three-storey block was on fire and it was investigating reports of an explosion. | |
London Air Ambulance said the woman was being treated at Royal London Hospital for burns. | |
A number of other people are being assessed at the scene and may also require hospital treatment, a spokeswoman added. | |
The brigade said the fire was now under control. | |
'Leaning out of window' | |
Fed-Ex courier John Greenman, 34, from Camden, north London, was making a delivery to a flat in Edensor Gardens when he heard the blast. | |
He said he saw flames coming out from one of the flats. | |
"Then there were two mini explosions. It was quite shocking. I was surprised because no-one was moving they were still just standing around staring at it," he said. | |
"I could see the flames getting higher and there was a young girl leaning out of the window to the left above the flames. | |
"I think someone was cleaning windows or something because there was a ladder leaned up against the wall nearby and they managed to get her and I think her mother out of the window before the fire services turned up." |