Fire crews rescue 14 people from London tower block

Fourteen people had to be rescued when a fire broke out in a tower block in south-east London.

Up to 50 firefighters were called to Pitman House in Tanners Hill, Deptford, on Monday night.

Crews wearing breathing equipment brought 13 adults and one child out of the building as fire engulfed flats on the seventh and eighth floor.

The blaze at the 15-storey building was brought under control in about four hours and no-one was injured.