Around 80 people have been evacuated from their homes after a fire at an electrical substation in Maida Vale.

Around 80 people have been evacuated from their homes after a fire at an electrical substation in Maida Vale.

Around 100 firefighters were called to the blaze just after 5am.

Part of a roof of a residential building nearby caught alight and pictures show thick black smoke.

It comes a month after Heathrow was shut down following a fire at a nearby electrical substation in Hayes.