Flats evacuated as 100 firefighters tackle substation blaze in west London

The scene of a fire at an electrical substation in Maida Vale, west London (Mathilde Grandjean/PA) - (PA Wire)

Around 80 people have been evacuated from their homes after a fire broke out at an electrical substation in west London.

Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called on Tuesday morning to the blaze on Aberdeen Place in Maida Vale, where an electrical transformer caught fire.