A woman was forced to leap to safety from an upstairs window as a huge fire destroyed a tyre shop in north London.
The woman, said by police to have suffered a leg injury, was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital.
The blaze broke out at the Tyres 4 Us shop in Walpole Road, Tottenham, just after 7pm and took two hours to extinguish.
A fire brigade spokeswoman said 10 people escaped from flats above the shop before firefighters arrived.
Justin Hinchcliffe, who lives in Walpole Road, told the Standard: “I live about 150 yards away and I kept hearing these noises, as if someone was hitting my front door.
“I ignored them at first because living in an urban area you hear all sorts of strange loud noises.
“Then I looked out of the window and I saw this huge fire. It was like looking at the sun.
“I think the noises were tyres exploding. They had obviously just caught and it was travelling up to the flats above the shop.”
Neighbours took to social media to share pictures and video as the fire took hold.
Twitter user @CapriHakeem said: “Fire in Tottenham. It’s really bad. People jumping out of buildings. Hope everyone is safe and sound.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">We are currently on scene with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LondonFire" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3123341-https://twitter.com/LondonFire" data-vars-event-id="c23">@LondonFire</a> in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tottenham?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3123341-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tottenham?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Tottenham</a> at a shop fire <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/yA0xV7MRnO" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3123341-https://t.co/yA0xV7MRnO" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/yA0xV7MRnO</a> — LondonAmbulance HART (@LAS_HART) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LAS_HART/status/669621854601093120" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3123341-https://twitter.com/LAS_HART/status/669621854601093120" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 25, 2015</a>
A fire brigade spokeswoman said: “London Fire Brigade was called at 7.04pm to reports of a fire in Walpole Road.
“The incident was over by 9.05pm. It was a shop and dwellings over four floors and a small part was damaged by fire.
“There was a car shop at the rear which was 100 per cent damaged by fire.
“Approximately 10 people escaped before the LFB arrived.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Fire in Tottenham. It's really bad. People jumping out of buildings. Hope everyone is safe and sound. — C.H. (@CapriHakeem) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CapriHakeem/status/669602333681164288" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3123341-https://twitter.com/CapriHakeem/status/669602333681164288" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 25, 2015</a>
“One adult woman jumped from a first floor window and was taken by London Ambulance Service to hospital.
“The cause of the fire is under investigation.”
Four fire crews were despatched to deal with the blaze.
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called just after 7.15pm to reports of a fire in Lordship Lane.
“We sent a number of staff to the scene, including an ambulance crew and members of our hazardous area response team.
“One female patient, who was reported to have suffered a leg injury, was treated and taken to hospital.”
