Three children among the victims of flats fire

SIX people, including three children, died in a fire that swept through a block of flats, emergency services said.

A three-week-old baby, a six-year-old and a seven-year-old died along with three adults.

The blaze, in Camberwell, south London, began on the four floor of the 12-storey block yesterday afternoon and spread rapidly to the 11th floor.