Twenty firefighters battled a blaze at a mobile phone shop.
The fire at the Vodafone mobile phone shop in Tooting High Street started shortly before 6pm yesterday.
The fire is understood to have started in some rubbish behind the retail unit.
It spread to the outside storage area of the shop, before getting in to the ceiling cavities of the back office.
Firefighters had to cut away large sections of the ceiling to stop it spreading further.
They were still at the scene four hours later.
Tooting Fire Station red watch manager Michael Renfold said: “A large plume of smoke was clearly visible from Tooting High Street, it was quite a fire to start with.”
He added: “But what made it difficult to contain was it had got into the ceiling voids.”
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The service area of the shop is not understood to have been damaged in the fire.
Did you see the fire? Did you take any pictures? Email the newsdesk at mwatts@london.newsquest.co.uk or call 0208 722 6359
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