Firefighters were called to Wimbledon Park at 12.20pm
Twenty firefighters fought a blaze in Wimbledon in a block of flats this afternoon.
Four fire engines raced to a block of flats and offices in Arthur Road at 12.20pm after a loft flat caught alight.
The road was closed while officers took more than an hour to extinguish the blaze.
A man suffering from smoke inhalation, who had already escaped from the building when police arrived, was taken to hospital by London Ambulance.
It is understood no-one else was injured.
The roof of the flat was damaged.
Firefighters from New Malden, Wimbledon, Bromley and Battersea attended.
Did you witness the blaze? Send your photos and comments to louisa.clarence@london.newsquest.co.uk.
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