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LONDON: A huge fire, which erupted in an apartment block late Sunday night here in Mansfield Road Gospel Oak, spreading from one of the flats on the second floor, is now under control, London Fire Brigade said.

"One man was treated by London Ambulance Service for smoke inhalation," London Fire Brigade revealed in a statement on its website, adding that the second-floor apartment was "badly damaged" with some portions of the two flats above the destroyed one also impacted by the fire.

In addition, the department mentioned that people "who were in the hallways, stairwells, and common parts of the block" were asked to leave while those who were inside at the time of the fire and not affected by the consequent smoke were told to stay put.

?It is incidents like this which show how important it is to know what to do in the event of a fire, especially if you live in a flat," Wayne Johnson, a station manager who was present at the site, commented.

The official urged people to install fire and smoke alarms in their houses and to get them checked for functionality regularly.

Firefighters immediately reached the scene of the blaze in West Hampstead area, which comes just a few days following the deadly incident in Grenfell Tower that left at least 79 people dead and countless others injured.

Despite speculations, the cause of the flames has not been identified yet.

60 skyscrapers fail safety tests

Sixty high-rise buildings have failed safety tests carried out after the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the British government said on Sunday according to Reuters.

British officials are conducting tests on some 600 high-rise buildings across England after a fire ravaged the Grenfell Tower block in west London on June 14, prompting public anger over the Conservative government's budget cuts.

On Friday, some 4,000 residents were forced to evacuate their homes in north London after the fire brigade ruled that their blocks were unsafe.

The Department for Communities said in a statement that 60 high rise buildings across 25 local authority areas had now failed the tests.

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