A WOMAN in her 60s has died after a fire broke out at a flat.

The emergency services were called at around 4am on Saturday (May 8) to a ground-floor flat at Longshore, Deptford.

Four fire engines and 20 firefighters from Deptford, Old Kent Road and Orpington attended the scene.

Firefighters used breathing apparatus to enter the property and found the woman dead in a rear bedroom.

The property was partly damaged by the blaze and an investigation is now under way.