LONDON, June 14 — More than 70 people are being treated in hospital after a huge fire at a London tower block today, with 20 of them requiring critical care, London Ambulance Service said.

Fire engulfed a 24-storey housing block in central London in the early hours on today, killing at least six people in a blaze that trapped residents as they slept.

"We have treated and taken 64 patients to six hospitals across London, where 20 people are currently in critical care,” London Ambulance Service’s director of operations, Paul Woodrow, said in a statement.

The ambulance service said a further 10 patients had made their own way to hospital, taking the total being treated to 74. — Reuters