A man has died after a fire in a flat on the ground floor of a seven-storey building in the Golden Lane Estate in the Barbican (Image: Google)
A man has died after a flat fire in the Barbican.
The London Fire Brigade was called to a seven-storey building in the Golden Lane Estate in Barbican at 12.14pm on Tuesday.
The man was rescued by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus and taken to hospital by London Ambulance crews, where he sadly later died.
Half of a four-roomed flat on the ground floor was damaged by the fire.
The LFB says the incident was over for firefighters by 12.54pm.
Three fire engines and around 15 firefighters from Soho, Shoreditch, and Euston fire stations were in attendance.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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