A fire that ripped through a luxury central London hotel popular with celebrities started accidentally from a pizza oven, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said that 20 fire engines and about 125 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze on Chiltern Street in Marylebone on Friday.
It spread via ducting, pipes, or tubes used to ventilate buildings, and damaged parts of the ground floor and half of the second floor and destroyed the third floor and roof of the four-storey hotel, London Fire Brigade said.
"Presented with a complex fire in a historically significant building, formerly Manchester Square Fire Station, firefighters successfully contained the fire, preventing it from spreading to neighbouring properties.".
Chiltern Firehouse was partially destroyed by the Valentine's Day fire, which began when burning wood fell from the oven, "igniting the void between the basement and ground floor," LFB said.
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