Fire at historic cinema

11:55 pm, Sat 09 Jun 2012

Fire hits boutique cinema in west London

Around 200 people were evacuated today after a cinema in Notting Hill caught fire

Twitter user Ben Patterson shared this photo of onlookers behind a fire cordon near the fire on London's Portobello Road:

Around 200 people were evacuated today after a cinema caught fire on a busy shopping street.

Up to 60 firefighters were battling the blaze at the Electric Cinema in Portobello Road, west London, after it broke out at around 2.30pm.

A spokesman for London Fire Brigade said 12 fire engines were sent to the scene and the blaze had been brought under control.

There were no reported injuries.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a cordon was set up and the road was temporarily closed.