THREE flats in Crouch End were badly damaged after a fire broke out on the ground floor. Flames ripped through the hallway of the three-storey house in Ferme Park Road yesterday (Sunday) and smoke swept upstairs, blocking the exit. Officers from Hornsey F

THREE flats in Crouch End were badly damaged after a fire broke out on the ground floor.

Flames ripped through the hallway of the three-storey house in Ferme Park Road yesterday (Sunday) and smoke swept upstairs, blocking the exit.

Officers from Hornsey Fire Station arrived at the premises at 5.45pm and evacuated a woman in her 30s. She was taken to the Whittington Hospital where she was treated for smoke inhalation.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Det Con Andy Francis from Tottenham CID on 020-8345 0737 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

For the full story, with eye witness accounts and photos, see the Ham&High Broadway on Thursday (November 13).