Over 100 fire fighters have been tackling a blaze on Tabernacle Street in Shoreditch. Dramatic pictures show a four storey office block with roof aflame, leaving a trail of smoke over the City. A bit of a fiddle on Google Street view, based on photos, …
A large fire is currently preventing Southeastern and FirstCapitalConnect trains from entering or leaving London Bridge. The blaze is beneath railway arches and is believed to involve gas cylinders. Twitterers report major disruption at Waterloo East and Waterloo as a result. Updates to follow. Update …
More than 300 residents have been evacuated following a huge blaze in Peckham. The fire began at 4.30am this morning on a construction site in Carisbrooke Gardens, and soon spread to nearby houses. The scale of the blaze can be seen in this eyewitness video: …
Londonist last week in numbers, translated into a picture… 1934 was the year Charlie Chan came to London, as discussed in the latest Londonist Film Club 206 locations mapped on our amazing Sherlock Holmes map! 9 pubs for November , recommended by our friends at …
Grayson Perry has chipped in with an urn for an auction in aid of Harefield. Looks like RMT tube workers are playing up again. North Londoner Chipmunk has topped the charts with his first single. There’s been a big fire in Holborn and another at …
Last night, the London’s Air Ambulance Fundraising Firewalk went off without injury and with much respect for the brave participants. News is they’ve raised around £3000 so far but surely they deserve your support to bump that up a little? They WALKED ON FIRE for …
A small fire has broken out at Google’s UK headquarters in Buckingham Palace Road. The building has been evacuated. Twitter pictures show a small section of the roof on fire. More updates to come… Looks like it’s well under control now. Seems a tree caught …
The Twittering types are tweeting that another fire is raging in Soho, this time at what looks to be the O Bar on Wardour Street. A video shows some pretty sizeable flames leaping from the building, though it’s believed that the fire has now been …
Picture taken from happysweetmama’s Flickr photostream under a Creative Commons license. 118. A Burning Question The phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) occurs rarely, but when it does it is a horrifying mystery that causes severe injuries and sometimes death. In 1985, the London Standard …
Update 14:00: Officials say the fire – caused by a burst gas pipe – is under control. No one was hurt, but the flat is badly damaged. Sounds like end of story, so no more updates unless other developments emerge. Is there a word yet …
Over 100 firefighters were called out to a blaze in Soho’s Dean Street this afternoon. Much of eastern Soho was cordoned off, including the westbound side of Oxford Street. Latest word is that the fire was caused by a faulty air conditioning duct at 76 …
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