A man was saved from a huge blaze which took around 70 firefighters from ten fire engines almost three hours to get under control.
More than 30 people had to be evacuated as the fire ripped through shops and homes in Tottenham High Road, last night.
The man was taken to hospital after firemen wearing breathing apparatus rescued him from the first floor of a burning building.
Station manager Paul Hobbs, who was at the scene, said: “This was a serious fire and as well as the shop and flats it also involved a gas main.
“Crews worked extremely hard in very difficult conditions to bring the fire under control.”
The fire began at around 9.27pm and was under control by 12.15am .
Crews from Tottenham, Edmonton, Stoke Newington, Holloway, Hornsey, Walthamstow and other surrounding fire stations attended the incident.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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