Ambulance staff took a woman and young girl to hospital

Three people, including a young child, escaped from a serious house fire in Bromley this morning.

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A woman and a girl, believed to be aged four, who managed to flee the family home in Northover before firefighters arrived were taken to Lewisham hospital as they were suffering from smoke inhalation.

A large area of the ground floor was damaged by the fire.

Crews of ten firefighters from Downham and Lee Green fire stations were called out to the fire at 7.34am and the blaze was under control by 8.51am.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by fire experts.