A fire in a south London school that saw around 50 people evacuated from homes around the area is now under investigation.
Crews were called to Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham Temple Grove primary school, formerly Monson primary school, in New Cross around 3pm on Tuesday.
It took 50 firefighters from across the capital to get the blaze under control by around 9pm, a spokesman from London Fire Brigade said.
The three-storey building, empty of pupils due to Easter holidays, is thought to have been under refurbishment. All floors were considerably damaged, and the roof and second floor “badly damaged.”
It is not known yet how the blaze started but an investigation is underway. It is thought that a gas propane cylinder was involved in the fire.
