Kensington fire: 80 firefighters called to blaze at rooftop bar
A London nightclub popular with celebrities has said it will reopen in the next few days after 80 firefighters were called to a blaze at the premises in the early hours of Monday.
The fire broke out at Kensington Roof Gardens – which has hosted the likes of Madonna and Sir Cliff Richard – just before 1am, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.
The LFB said that when they arrived at the west London venue, around 40 people had already been evacuated.
It added the fire destroyed a plant room on the roof of the nine-storey building, while the cause of the fire is “under investigation”.
The venue was home to four flamingos before the pandemic.
A spokesperson for the nightclub said: “Nobody was hurt and there is no fire damage inside the building.
“As a precaution, we are carrying out safety checks and hope to reopen in the next few days.”
Part of the rooftop bar area of the nine storey building was alight.
One of the London Fire Brigade's 32-metre turntable ladders was used at the scene as an observation tower to provide the Incident Commander with an aerial view of the fire.
The first call was received at 12.57am and Control Officers mobilised crews from Kensington, Hammersmith, Chelsea and surrounding fire stations to the scene. The fire was under control by 3.36am, and the cause is being investigated.