About 100 firefighters are battling a blaze in a nine-storey building in London’s White City.<\/p>\n
Fifteen fire engines are also in attendance at the building on Wood Lane, with the fire affecting floors towards the top of the building, the London Fire Brigade said.<\/p>\n
Wood Lane is closed to traffic and people are advised to avoid the area.<\/p>\n
First reports of the blaze were received just after 3am and crews from Hammersmith, North Kensington, Kensington, Chiswick and surrounding fire stations were mobilised to the scene.<\/p>\n
Two 32-metre turntable ladders are being deployed as water towers to help extinguish the fire from height, the brigade said.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire is not yet known.<\/p>\n
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