Fireplace breaks out at ITV star Ant McPartlin’s former house in Chiswick – as dozens of firefighters race to £5million home to deal with blaze

TV presenter Ant McPartlin‘s £5million former house in west London was on fireplace at present – with round six fireplace engines and 40 firefighters speeding to the blaze.

The property, on an unique avenue in Chiswick, belongs to the ITV star’s former spouse Lisa Armstrong, whom he married in 2006 earlier than they divorced in 2018.

She rents out the house after 47-year-old Ant moved into a brand new £6million property six miles away in Wimbledon along with his new spouse Anne-Marie Corbett in 2019.

A Day by day Mirror photographer reported that the home was being rented by a household of six, and their nanny first noticed smoke coming from the primary flooring bed room.

The one individuals in the home on the time are thought to have been the nanny and the cleaner – and the blaze is believed to have been electrical, the newspaper reported.

The London Fireplace Brigade despatched six fireplace engines and 40 firefighters to the blaze in Chiswick at present

One of many LFB’s 100ft (32m) ladders is used after they obtained calls in regards to the fireplace at 9.46am

Crews from Chiswick, Hammersmith, Richmond and surrounding fireplace stations are on the scene

TV presenter Ant McPartlin’s £5million former house in West London is on fireplace this morning

Some 40 firefighters from the LFB had been despatched to the blaze in Chiswick this morning

The property on an unique avenue in Chiswick belongs to Ant’s ex-wife Lisa Armstrong

The London Fireplace Brigade despatched six fireplace engines and 40 firefighters to the blaze in Chiswick at present

Crews from Hammersmith, Richmond, Chiswick and surrounding fireplace stations are on the scene

Ant McPartlin (left, along with his spouse Anne-Marie Corbett) and Declan Donnelly (proper, along with his spouse Ali Astall) on the Nationwide Tv Awards at The O2 in London on September 9, 2021

The London Fireplace Brigade (LFB) despatched groups to the scene this morning and used one among their 100ft (32m) ladders after first receiving calls in regards to the blaze at 9.46am.

Crews from Chiswick, Hammersmith, Richmond and surrounding fireplace stations had been on the scene, and the LFB confirmed the reason for the hearth was not but recognized.

One native resident informed The Unbiased: ‘The fireplace appears fairly severe and positively not below management. An ambulance handed me as I drove down the street with blue lights and siren on.’

Ant’s former neighbours on the leafy avenue included his TV accomplice Declan Donnelly who lives in one other property on the identical avenue his spouse Ali Astall, whom he married in 2015, and their two youngsters – Isla, 5, and Jack, 13 months.

The London Fireplace Brigade despatched six fireplace engines and 40 firefighters to the blaze in Chiswick at present

TV presenter Ant McPartlin’s £5million former house in West London is on fireplace this morning

The property on an unique avenue in Chiswick belongs to Ant’s ex-wife Lisa Armstrong

Engineers from Thames Water are additionally on the scene in Chiswick at present amid the home fireplace

London Fireplace Brigade crews outdoors the property in Chiswick, West London, this morning

TV presenter Ant McPartlin’s £5million former house in West London is on fireplace this morning

The property belongs Ant’s former spouse Lisa Armstrong, whom he married in 2006 earlier than they divorced in 2018. They’re pictured collectively on the Nationwide Tv Awards in January 2017

Dec and Ms Astall bought their seven-bedroom property for £1.9million in 2006 however it’s thought to have greater than doubled in worth since to about £5million. 

An LFB spokesman mentioned: ‘Six fireplace engines and round 40 firefighters responded to a hearth in Chiswick. Crews responded to fireplace in a home, and one of many Brigade’s 32 metre ladders was deployed on the incident. 

‘The brigade was first referred to as in regards to the fireplace at 9.46am and the incident was below management by 11.52am. Crews from Chiswick, Hammersmith, Richmond and surrounding fireplace stations are on the scene. The reason for the hearth is below investigation.’

MailOnline has contacted representatives for Ant for remark at present.