Joan Collins’ narrow escape from London inferno: Dynasty legend, 85, is treated for smoke inhalation after fire consumed her home and hero husband doused flames
- The actress shared scenes from the aftermath of yesterday’s fire on social media
- She thanked emergency services for attending the ‘terrifying’ fire at London flat
- Damage to home is laid bare in video which reveal burnt and peeling walls
- She said that ambulance staff treated her for smoke inhalation after the blaze
Joan Collins has been treated for smoke inhalation after a ‘terrifying’ fire tore through her London home yesterday evening.
Shocking images taken after the blaze was extinguished show the charred and crumbling interior of the 85-year-old actress’s exclusive Belgravia flat.
Two fire engines and ten firefighters battled the flames which engulfed the first floor of a seven-storey apartment block.
And a video on Collins’s Instagram lays bare the damage caused by the fire which has devastated her home.
Joan Collins hailed husband Percy Gibson a ‘hero’ for dousing the flames which tore through her Belgravia flat
A video on Collins’s Instagram lays bare the damage caused by the fire which has devastated her home
The Golden Globe-winning actress took to Twitter to thank emergency services teams and also her husband, 54-year-old film producer Percy Gibson, who she hailed a ‘hero’ for fighting the flames before the couple fled from the burning building.
She wrote: ‘Thank you from the bottom of my heart the marvelous London Fire Brigade who attended to the terrifying fire yesterday in our flat.
‘My hero Percy had already doused the flames consuming the entire wall with handheld extinguisher.’
Collins married film producer Percy Gibson, 54, in 2002.
She added: ‘And thanks also to NHS England Ambulance crew who took care of our smoke inhalation and comforted me.
‘And the wonderful Met Police who kept the street closed and everyone safe.’
Shocking images taken after the blaze was extinguished show the charred and crumbling interior of the 85-year-old actress’s home
Blackened wallpaper peels from the inside of Collins’s London home after the blaze yesterday evening
London Fire Brigade said the blaze took over an hour to quash but the cause of the fire remains a mystery.
The force said: ‘Two fire engines and around 10 firefighters were called to a fire at a flat in Belgravia.
‘Part of a flat on the first floor of the seven-storey building was damaged by the fire. Two people left the property before the Brigade arrived.
‘The Brigade was called at 4.28pm and the fire was under control by 5.36pm. Two fire engines and a turn table ladder from Soho fire station attended the scene.
‘The cause of the fire is under investigation.’
Collins, a Dame, is best known for her role as Alexis Colby in the 1980s soap opera Dynasty.
Collins took to Twitter to thank the emergency services staff who took care of her
London Fire Brigade said the flat (pictured) blaze took over an hour to get under control but the cause of the fire remains a mystery