A man has died in hospital after he was rescued from a flat fire in Mitcham.

The London Fire Brigade was called to a block of flats on Gale Close in Mitcham shortly before 9pm on Friday evening.

Two fire engines and around 10 firefighters attended the scene, where the ground floor of a flat was alight.

After the man was recovered, paramedics took him to hospital, where he eventually died.

Firefighters managed to being the fire under control shortly after 10pm.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.