A builder has died after being overcome by toxic fumes during refurbishment work at a house in Notting Hill, London.
Medics battled to save him on the street after he was dragged from the five-storey property by firefighters on Tuesday.
Another worker on a neighbouring site told The Daily Mail: “We were working here yesterday and I saw him being pulled out by the fire brigade.
“I spoke to another builder and he said it was toxic fumes or something like that. The builder was standing over the road and he said they were cleaning paint off bricks or something.”
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: “One man was taken from the basement by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus.
“We ventilated the building and carried out further sweeps of the building for detection purposes. The chemicals were found. We left at 6.15pm.”
A Met Police spokesman said: “Police were called to Berkeley Gardens, W8, at 4.05pm on Tuesday, 25 July by London Ambulance Service who were treating a man in his 20s found unconscious within the basement of a building.
“Due to concerns relating to fumes within the basement area of the building, medics brought the male onto the street for treatment. London Fire Brigade attended. Police implemented road closures and cordoned the scene.
“Despite the efforts of LAS to save the male, he was pronounced dead at the scene at 16.36.”
