Officials confirm 'no serious injuries' as fire breaks out at high-rise block in west London

Residents were forced to flee a fire that took hold of their tower block close to the burned out shell of Grenfell Tower on Tuesday morning.A flat on the 12th floor of the high rise tower in Queensdale Crescent in Shepherd’s Bush caught fire about 9.20am.Paramedics said they were treating “a number of patients” at the scene.Incident Commander Liam Hall gives an update to the media following a fire on the 12th floor of a building in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, after firefighters battled a blaze on Tuesday morning.