More than 170 firefighters tackled a fireplace at a police station in east London.
The roof of the police station in Forest Gate was “completely destroyed”, London Fire Brigade (LFB) stated, with 30 fireplace engines and 175 firefighters on the scene.
Emergency companies have been referred to as at 4.17pm on Wednesday and firefighters will stay there into the evening as a “protracted investigation” begins.
There have been no experiences of accidents and round 60 folks have been evacuated from the constructing earlier than LFB arrived, with firefighters managing to cease the flames from spreading to neighbouring buildings.
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan posted on X that folks ought to “avoid the area”, whereas LFB’s incident commander, Pat Goulbourne, stated it was a “challenging incident” for crews.
“Throughout the incident a concern for our crews was the possibility of the fire spreading to adjacent properties,” Mr Goulbourne stated.
“Thanks to their hard work we were able to prevent that from occurring, and the fire was limited to the police station.”
He added crews managed to guard “essential police property” and transfer them to security.
Commander Kyle Gordon, from Newham Police, stated policing “continues as normal in Forest Gate”.
Firefighters used three 32m turntable ladders and one that’s 64m lengthy to “attack the fire from height”, LFB stated.
Former Met sergeant and policing commentator Graham Wettone described injury to the constructing as “devastating”, primarily based on photos shared on social media.
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It is a “significant patrol base” in a busy a part of London, he stated, including: “[The] Met have business continuity plans but this will be challenging over some time.”
The reason for the hearth is just not but recognized, however police say it was on the third flood of the constructing.
The investigation could take a very long time as a result of “scale and nature” of the incident, LFB stated.
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