Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to a fire involving four vehicles operated by a local Jewish volunteer ambulance service, on Highfield Court in Golders Green.
Four Hatzalah ambulances were damaged by fire. Multiple cylinders on the vehicles exploded and caused windows to break in an adjacent block of flats. No injuries are reported.
The Brigade’s 999 Control officers received the first of 56 calls alerting them to the fire at 0140. They mobilised fire crews from Hendon, West Hampstead, Mill Hill, Willesden and Kentish Town fire stations. The fire was under control at 0306.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by Metropolitan Police Service and London Fire Brigade.