A fire has torn through a former pub in Tottenham, sparking an emergency response.

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) was called at 9.28pm on Saturday (August 17) to a blaze at a derelict pub on West Green Road in Tottenham, north London.

Four fire engines and 25 firefighters attended the fire after the ground floor of a four-storey building was ablaze.

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Half the former pub roof was also on fire and damaged along with the ground floor of the building.

Crews from Hornsey, Tottenham and Holloway fire stations attended the scene and by 11pm the fire was under control.

It took the LFB an hour and 32 minutes to extinguish the blaze.

"The cause of the fire is under investigation," a LFB spokesperson added.