Sixty firefighters have been tackling a fire in a high-rise residential flat near Grenfell tower in West London.

       London Fire Brigade said eight fire engines were at the scene and half of a flat on the twelfth floor was on fire. The block of flats on Queensdale Crescent in Shepherds Bush is only a fifteen minute walk away from the site of the Grenfell Tower fire.

       Video taken from the scene of the fire by the BBC showed one flat blacked out by fire damage.

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       A number of patients were treated at the scene, according to the London Ambulance Service.

       Three people from the affected flat had left before the fire brigade arrived and a number of other residents were evacuated from the building this morning.

       “Firefighters led six residents to safety via an internal staircase. Further residents who were not affected by fire, heat or smoke were advised to remain in their flats,” station commander David Bracewell, who was at the scene, said.

       The fire at the residental block in Shepherds Bush can be seen in the distance

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       Grenfell Tower is pictured with the Shepherds Bush fire in the distance

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       London Fire Brigade said that they used new technology that enabled a 999 caller to send a live stream video of the fire straight to their emergency call centre.

       They received the call about the fire at 9:23am. “The cause of the fire is not known at this stage,” they added.

       The fire service said they used a 32m turntable ladder to put water on the outside of the building.

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       Last week marked five years since the Grenfell Tower tragedy which claimed the lives of 72 people.

       Hundreds of people gathered at Westminster Abbey last Tuesday to reflect on the time that has passed since the blaze on 14 June 2017.