Six fire engines and around 35 firefighters and officers were called to a fire at a house and outbuilding on Meadowbank Road in Primrose Hill NW3 this afternoon.
Most of the ground floor of the terraced house on Meadowbank Road was damaged by fire, as well as some decking which was completely damaged in the blaze. An outbuilding of a terraced house on Oppidans Road, to the rear of Meadowbank, was also gutted by the fire.
One man was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service.
The Brigade was called at 1242 and the blaze was under control by 1409. Fire crews from Kentish Town, Soho, Hornsey and West Hampstead fire stations were at the scene.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.