Fire sweeps through children's nursery in north London

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters fought a blaze at a nursery in north London.

The nursery is located in a two-floor building in Isledon Road, Islington.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) said the structure’s roof was damaged by the fire on Monday night.

Crews from Islington, Stoke Newington, Hornsey and surrounding fire stations were called to the incident at around 10.30pm.

Firefighters had the fire under control by around 3am.

70 firefighters responded to the fire

London Fire Brigade

The incident resulted in heavier-than-usual traffic on the A503 Seven Sisters Road, southbound, from A105 Green Lanes to Finsbury Park Station.

The road was shut early on in the one-way system from Finsbury Park towards Holloway and reopened at 7.10am.

The cause of the fire has been listed as undetermined by the Brigade's Fire Investigators. LFB said there are no reports of any injuries at this time.