An elderly woman has died after a fire in a house in South Norwood on Friday night.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus found the woman in the rear lounge on the ground floor of a lounge in Waverley Road.

London Fire Brigade said it was called at 7.54pm on Friday night and the fire was under control by by 8.19pm.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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