Breaking
World leaders gather for emergency summit on climate crisis • Tech giants announce major breakthrough in fusion energy • Stocks reach all-time high as global trade recovers • Global News 24 launches premium news experience • Stay updated with real-time headlines •
BACK TO NEWS
Technologyabout 2 hours ago

Scores of firefighters tackle major blaze at south London recycling centre

The Guardian
The Guardian

Verified Publisher

Scores of firefighters tackle major blaze at south London recycling centre

Fire in Bermondsey sends huge plumes rising high over the city and disrupts train travel in the areaFifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters have been called to tackle a major fire at a recycling centre in south London.Fire control officers were first called just after 5.30pm on Monday to the centre on Landmann Way in Bermondsey. Continu

Smoke rising from the fire seen from Masthouse Terrace boat stop on the Isle of Dogs Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Smoke rising from the fire seen from Masthouse Terrace boat stop on the Isle of Dogs Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Scores of firefighters tackle major blaze at south London recycling centre Fire in Bermondsey sends huge plumes rising high over the city and disrupts train travel in the area Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters have been called to tackle a major fire at a recycling centre in south London .

Fire control officers were first called just after 5.30pm on Monday to the centre on Landmann Way in Bermondsey.

London fire brigade sent crews from Deptford, Old Kent Road and Greenwich, and two 32-metre turntable ladders.

Footage posted on social media showed huge plumes of thick smoke rising high above the city.

The fire also affected train travel, with passengers travelling between Charing Cross and London Bridge being told to check services before travelling, and to consider travelling later if possible.

Southeastern Railway said Hastings line services were starting and terminating at Tonbridge in Kent.

London fire brigade told residents near the fire to keep their windows and doors closed because of the smoke.

Explore more on these topics London news Share Reuse this content

Read original story at The Guardian

Continue reading this article on the publisher's website.

Visit Website

More from The Guardian

Gordon S Wood, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, dies after being struck by a car in Rhode Island
Technology
The Guardian
The Guardianabout 2 hours ago1 min read

Gordon S Wood, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, dies after being struck by a car in Rhode Island

A renowned academic, Wood was hit by a car as he was crossing a supermarket’s parking lot and later died of the injuriesGordon S Wood, a Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, was killed on Sunday when he was struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in Rhode Island.Wood, 92, won the Pulitzer in 1993 in the history category for The Radicalisation of the American Revolution, a landmark tome that advanced the th