Man saved as fire rips through block of flats in south London

Sixty firefighters tackled the blaze late on Wednesday night (Picture: London Fire Brigade/Ashwani Kumar)Huge plumes of smoke filled the sky over south London last night as 60 firefighters responded to a blaze at a block of flats.A man was rescued from the ground floor of the building in Sydenham Road, Croydon.It had been converted into flats from a terraced house, the London Fire Brigade said.The blaze ripped through half of the first floor and in dramatic photos flames could be seen breaking t