Residents were forced to flee a block of flats in Marylebone after a fire broke out in the early hours of this morning

Around 30 people were evacuated following the blaze in Salisbury Street just after 4am.

Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers from Paddington, Euston and Soho fire stations attended the incident.

The fire badly damaged a three-roomed maisonette on the first and second floor of the building.

No was injured.

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire.