UNITED KINGDOM, LONDON, 1st November 2025 House fire in Notting Hill Halloween Partygoers return to find the road closed. Around 15 pumps and 100 firefighters attended a house fire on Oxford Road, Notting Hill, London this morning. The first, second floors and roof space were affected. ??2025 Tom Bowles +44 7956 938547
Halloween partygoers returned home to find the road had been closed. (Picture: Tom Bowles)

Around 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze in Notting Hill, west London, this morning.

Images show Halloween revelers surrounding fire engines as smoke pours from the roof in Oxford Gardens.

The blaze was under control by 6:12am.

No one was reported to be injured but three storeys of a house were destroyed.

Part of the first floor and the roof of a detached house converted into flats were damaged, alongside half of the second floor and a mezzanine.

Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters tackled a house fire on Oxford Gardens in Notting Hill. Part of the first floor and the roof of a detached house converted into flats were damaged by fire, alongside half of the second floor and a mezzanine. There were no reports of any injuries. Station Commander Duncan Rees, who was at the scene, said: ?Crews worked hard to bring the fire under control in the early hours of this morning. ?One of the Brigade?s 32-metre turntable ladders was used as a water tower to tackle the flames from above. ?We asked the public to avoid the area where possible as we worked to bring the incident safely under control.? The Brigade's Control Officers took the first call to the fire at 0252 and mobilised crews from Wembley, Acton, Hammersmith, Kensington, Paddington and surrounding fire stations to the scene. The fire was under control by 0612. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire in the house in Oxford Gardens, Notting Hill (Picture: London Fire Brigade)

Station Commander Duncan Rees, who was at the scene, said: ‘Crews worked hard to bring the fire under control in the early hours of this morning.


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‘One of the Brigade’s 32-metre turntable ladders was used as a water tower to tackle the flames from above.

‘We asked the public to avoid the area where possible as we worked to bring the incident safely under control.’

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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