A burning fridge gutted the ground floor of a three-storey house in West Norwood in the early hours of last Wednesday.
Fire crews from West Norwood and Tooting spent 30 minutes tackling the blaze in Rommany Road.
The fire caused widespread smoke damage to the rest of the house but no one was hurt. Firefighters later visited local residents advising them to fit and maintain smoke alarms.
From Streatham Gaurdian
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There was no further inormation on this, as in the make etc.