Twenty firefighters have extinguished a fire at Kingston University's Roehampton Vale campus.

The fire, which was reported to Kingston fire brigade at 4.20pm, is believed to have started in a ground floor automobile laboratory.

A spokesman for London Fire Brigade said: "We have sent four fire engines and twenty fire fighters to a ground floor fire at Friars Avenue, Roehampton Vale."

Reports from students on the campus suggest evacuation procedures were put in place after a fire started in an auto lab.