A flat has been badly damaged in a fire in Muswell Hill this afternoon.
Twenty-one firefighters from Hornsey and Finchley fire stations extinguished the blaze in the first floor flat in Colney Hatch Lane at 2.19pm.
The fire started to take hold of a shop below the flat, but was quickly extinguished.
The fire brigade was called just after 1pm.
No one was injured in the blaze.
Colney Hatch Road remains closed both ways while the scene is cleared.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the fire brigade and the police.
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