A 75-year-old woman died following a house fire Kentish Town last night.

She was found dead at her home in Rhyl Street when ambulance crews arrived just after 5.30pm.

No-one else was injured in the blaze.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Fire crews from Kentish Town, Belsize and Euston were called at 5.27pm and had the fire under control by 6.21pm.

The flames gutted the ground floor of the building.