Two people have been rushed to hospital after a suspected 'gas leak' at a Nando's restaurant sparked an emergency response.

The London Fire Brigade descended on the branch of the chain chicken eatery in the O2 Centre in the Hampstead area of north-west London at 10.45am today.

The capital's fire service had received reports of a leak at the food outlet on the ground floor of the indoor mall, which sits on the busy Finchley Road high street.

Such leaks can be highly dangerous or even fatal, by causing fires or gas poisoning.

Thankfully, when firefighters carried out a sweep of the popular peri-peri chicken spot, they did not pick up any elevated gas levels in their readings.