Fire at Chicken Cottage takeaway in Paddington

Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers attended the blaze at the takeaway with flats above it in Praed Street.

Photo by Geoff Jein

Part of the shop’s ducting – the restaurant’s extraction system - was alight as well as part of a flat roof at the rear of the building.

London Fire Brigade was called at 8.34am and received 15 calls about the fire.

The cause of the fire is not known at this stage.

We've taken fifteen 999 calls about a fire at a takeaway shop on Praed Street in #Paddington. Crews are at the scene. pic.twitter.com/dA2P3ClhQY

— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) April 21, 2015