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Xinhua correspondent at the scene said he could smell the burning smell and saw police helicopter hovering above.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called the fire a ""major incident.""
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Other eyewitnesses said there are fears the residential building could collapse.
The London Ambulance Service said earlier it sent ""a number of resources."" Currently, there are 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters working on the scene.
London Ambulances' hazardous environments team has also rushed to the scene.
The Metropolitan Police have closed major road A40 due to the fire and asked people to avoid the area so as to allow emergency services to get to the scene.
Police received report of the fire at the building at 1:16 a.m. local time (0016 GMT).
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""Regular readers of this blog will know that we have posted numerous warnings in recent years about the very poor fire safety standards at Grenfell Tower and elsewhere in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.""
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