A man has been taken to hospital after a fire swept through the first floor of a house.

Four fire engines and 21 firefighters were called to a house fire on Berkeley Road in Kingsbury at midday today.

Half of the first floor and half of the roof was damaged by the blaze.

A man, who left the building before the Brigade arrived, was suffering from smoke inhalation and was treated at the scene by London Ambulance Service crews before being taken to hospital.

The cause of the fire is not yet known at this stage.