Last updated: 20/09/2018, 5:44 PM

Chemical spillage - Kensington

20/09/2018 12:17
Kensington and Chelsea
Hazardous materials
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Around 20 firefighters were called to the accidental spillage of a cleaning agent at a hotel on Kensington Court this afternoon.

Crews checked the area for raised chemical levels. Fifty people were evacuated from the hotel before the Brigade arrived. The Brigade evacuated a further 30 people from an adjacent apartment as a precaution.

Three fire engines from North Kensington, Hammersmith and Chelsea fire stations and a fire rescue unit from Euston fire station were at the scene.

The Brigade was called at 1217 and the incident was over by 1740. 

Chemical spillage - Kensington