A woman has been taken to hospital following a blaze at a converted house in Cricklewood.

Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers were called to a house converted into flats in Chichele Road at 2.16pm today.

One woman, who left the property before the brigade arrived, was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, said London Fire Brigade.

She has been taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews.

Part of a four-roomed flat on the first floor was damaged by the blaze which was under control just before 3.40pm

The fire was under control at 3.38pm.

Fire crews from Willesden, North Kensington and Paddington fire stations attended the scene.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.