A MAN has died in a blaze in a north London flat while firefighters were striking over pensions.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) was called to the fire on Oakfield Road in Hornsey on Saturday night.
"The fire damaged part of the ground floor flat and sadly the body of a man was found at the scene," an LFB statement read.
The incident occurred while industrial action, organised by the Fire Brigades Union, was under way.
The union's London branch wrote on Twitter before the incident: "Firefighters preparing for their sixth strike in dispute over pensions, to take place tonight between 6.00pm and 10.00pm."
It later wrote: "Information coming in which suggests the London Fire Brigade's contingency plans failed disastrously tonight."
Firefighters finished at the scene at 11.14pm. Two fire engines and 14 firefighters and officers from Hornsey fire station attended the incident.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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