A fire has broken out at a five star hotel in London as 100 people have been evacuated from the building.
Emergency services have rushed to the Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone, London, after the blaze ripped through the historic building up to the roof.
London Fire Brigade said: ‘Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters have been called to a fire at a hotel on Chiltern Street in Marylebone.
‘There is a fire in ducting which leads from the ground floor to the roof of the four storey hotel with a restaurant on the ground floor.
‘Around one hundred people have evacuated the building before the Brigade arrived.
‘The Brigade’s 999 Control officers were first called at 1452 and deployed fire crews from Euston, Soho, Paddington, Soho, West Hampstead, Kensington and Chelsea fire stations and are still at the scene.
‘The cause of the fire is not known at this stage.’
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