Firefighters had to use an aerial ladder platform to fight a blaze in a block of flats in Paddington on Wednesday (April 22) afternoon.

The fire occurred in the first floor of the eight-storey block of flats in Hyde Park Square, and affected an electrical plant room and building’s extraction system between the roof and floor.

Four fire engines consisting of 20 firefighters from Paddington and Soho stations were called to the scene at 12.34pm.

The cause of the fire which was under control by 3.10pm is under investigation.