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Police are investigating after a 50-year-old woman was killed in a flat fire in south London.
The woman, who was left fighting for life after the blaze ripped through the flat in Morden last night, died in hospital today, police said.
Dozens of firefighters battled the fire in a ground floor flat of The Holt apartment block in London Road.
Emergency services raced to the blaze after receiving 999 calls at about 8.10pm.
The woman and a man, aged 48, managed to flee the property before firefighters arrived at the scene, London Fire Brigade said.
Paramedics rushed the pair to hospital where the man remains in a non life-threatening condition.
Scotland Yard said the cause of the fire is under investigation by LFB and police.
Four fire engines and 21 firefighters from Wimbledon, Mitcham, Sutton and New Malden stations attended the scene. The fire was under control at 9.20pm.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Next-of-kin have been informed.
"A post-mortem examination will be held in due course. Formal identification awaits.
“At this early stage the fire is being treated as unexplained.”
Police are investigating after a 50-year-old woman was killed in a flat fire in south London.
The woman, who was left fighting for life after the blaze ripped through the flat in Morden last night, died in hospital today, police said.
Dozens of firefighters battled the fire in a ground floor flat of The Holt apartment block in London Road.
Emergency services raced to the blaze after receiving 999 calls at about 8.10pm.
The woman and a man, aged 48, managed to flee the property before firefighters arrived at the scene, London Fire Brigade said.
Paramedics rushed the pair to hospital where the man remains in a non life-threatening condition.
Scotland Yard said the cause of the fire is under investigation by LFB and police.
Four fire engines and 21 firefighters from Wimbledon, Mitcham, Sutton and New Malden stations attended the scene. The fire was under control at 9.20pm.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Next-of-kin have been informed.
"A post-mortem examination will be held in due course. Formal identification awaits.
“At this early stage the fire is being treated as unexplained.”
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