Child dies after flat fire rescue

A child has died in a fire at a south east London flat in which four other people were rescued.

Fire crews pulled the family of five, who had been unconscious, from the two-bedroom first-floor flat in Arnould Avenue, Camberwell, at about 0440 BST.

The five people were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation but a child later died. Their age is not yet known.

Emergency crews said the flat was completely destroyed in the blaze.

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said all five people were taken to hospital in a “serious condition”.

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