Holland Park fire: Roads closed after emergency services attend blaze at house

A picture from the scene shows emergency services at the scene on Friday (September 8) evening

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Katherine ClementineContent Editor

11:39, 9 SEP 2017

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Firefighters tackled a house fire in the affluent Kensington and Chelsea district, Holland Park.

A terraced townhouse in Holland Park Avenue burst into flames on Friday (September 8) evening.

A spokesman for London Fire Brigade confirmed they were called at 8.04pm.

Twitter user Santos posted a picture of the building showing flames at multiple windows of the property.

A busy night for emergency services...

Holland Park Avenue was closed off whilst emergency services were in attendance, and bus routes 31, 94, 148 and 228, in both directions, were placed on divert.

Transport for London confirmed the route diversions.

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