Overview
- The brigade confirmed four separate candle‑linked blazes over the holiday period in Peckham, Croydon, Hayes and on Town Road in Edmonton.
- In Edmonton on December 27, a bedroom fire spread to the first floor and roof, with one woman taken to hospital and a woman and child escaping.
- Two adults were treated for smoke inhalation after the Christmas Eve maisonette fire in Peckham, which drew 12 emergency calls and six engines.
- An early‑hours Christmas Day flat fire on Elmwood Road, Croydon began when a candle ignited bedding, and three people evacuated safely.
- Separately, a Christmas Day house fire on Haselbury Road, Edmonton is believed to have started when textiles were placed too close to a fan heater, prompting guidance on safe heater use.