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By Matt Atherton A huge fire inside a South Kensington residential building sparked a huge evacuation operation in London, with five people saved by firefighters inside the house, and 11 rushed to hospital. Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to a fire at a terraced house converted into flats on Emperor’s Gate in South Kensington, London Fire Brigade confirmed. Half of the ground floor of the five-storey building was alight, and about 15 people escaped the building before fire engines arrived. Officials evacuated about 130 people from the surrounding area, including ne…