Police are 'attempting to engage' with a man who has been on the roof of a Croydon building for more than six hours.
Officers were called to Benson Road, near Wandle Park, at 8.47am this morning to reports of an individual on top of a property.
The road has been closed due to incident, as the fire brigade and ambulance services remain at the scene.
A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service said "We sent an ambulance crew and an incident response officer to the scene.
"We also dispatched our hazardous area response team (HART)."
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