A woman died in hospital after a flat fire in Morden on Friday night.

A man and the woman were able to escape the blaze at a block of flats in London Road, Morden, but despite treatment by paramedics from the London Ambulance Service she later died in hospital.

Part of a flat on the ground floor of the block was damaged by the fire at about 8pm on Friday, October 7.

Twenty-one firefighters from Wimbledon, Mitcham, Sutton and New Malden fire stations were called at about 8.12pm and were able to put the fire under control by 9.12pm.

The London Fire Brigade and the Metropolitan Police are investigating the cause of the fire.