An elderly woman has died in a fire in a block of flats in South Croydon.
She was found dead in a flat on the second floor of Oakfield Court in Pampisford Road at about 10.15am on December 31.
The blaze damaged about half of the flat.
Crews wearing breathing apparatus helped escort a woman to safety from a different flat in the block and she was treated at the scene for shock by London Ambulance Service staff.
Twenty-one firefighters - from Croydon, Purley, Woodside and Wallington fire stations – tackled the fire.
They had it under control by 11.22am.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Did you know the elderly woman? Call the newsroom on 020 8722 6353 or email rfisk@london.newsquest.co.uk
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