Around 70 firefighters had been tackling a hearth in a railway arch in Southwark, central London, on Wednesday, prompting trains to the world to be halted.
Footage posted by the fireplace brigade on Twitter confirmed massive plumes of smoke coming from below the railway arch, which it mentioned was “completely alight”. (Photo: Twitter/@DanPurdie16)
Around 70 firefighters had been tackling a hearth in a railway arch in Southwark, central London on Wednesday, prompting trains to the world to be halted and a number of other buildings to be evacuated, the London Fire Brigade mentioned.
Start of an enormous hearth on union road close to London Bridge @CrimeLdn @BBCNews @itvnews #londonfire pic.twitter.com/nP09EjINpZ
— DP (@DanPurdie16) August 17, 2022
Footage posted by the fireplace brigade on Twitter confirmed massive plumes of smoke coming from below the railway arch, which it mentioned was “completely alight”. London Underground trains in addition to overground trains into London Bridge and Southwark had been disrupted.
“The blaze is producing heavy smoke and those living or working in the local area are advised to keep their windows and doors closed,” Station Commander Wayne Johnson mentioned in a press release on the fireplace service’s web site.
Coming out of London Bridge and a hearth unfold onto the tracks pic.twitter.com/jSbc3r2PYT
— Cokes (@cokes_xxx) August 17, 2022
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