Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a house fire on St Denys Close in Purley.
Most of a semi-detached house was damaged by fire. The first and second floors to the right-hand side of the building partially collapsed. A 25-metre cordon was put in place as a precaution and 20 people were evacuated from adjacent properties. A man left the building before the Brigade arrived and was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews.
The Brigade’s Control Officers took the first of five calls to the fire at 1802 and mobilised crews from Purley, Wallington, Croydon and Woodside fire stations to the scene. The fire was under control by 2042.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.