London cops and police must be taking lessons from the FBI in looking ridiculous; they declared this "not terrorist related" 10 minutes after the news reports began. B http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nfire612.xml
Huge fire at Olympic site in east London By Duncan Gardham Last Updated: 3:21pm GMT 12/11/2007 A huge fire broke out on the site <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=KTLJLAPEYNQZHQFIQMGSF GGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nfire112.xml> of the London Olympics today sending a plume of black smoke into the air across central London. * Readers' <javascript:newWindow('/core/Slideshow/slideshowContentFrameFragXL.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/11/12/fire/firepix.xml&site=News','Slideshow','height=570,width= 750,resizable');> photos | Email <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/mypic> or text us your pictures or video * Can <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=KTLJLAPEYNQZHQFIQMGSF GGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nfire112.xml#form> you see the fire? <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/11/12/nfire112e.jpg> The smoke seen from Canary Wharf in a picture taken by a Telegraph reader Fifteen fire engines and around 75 firefighters were called to the blaze at 12.06pm. London Fire Brigade said the fire was at a single storey warehouse on Waterden Road, in Stratford, East London A spokesman for Scotland Yard said they had no reports of explosions and the fire is not being treated as a terrorist incident. * Flickr photos of the fire <http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=rec&w=all&q=london+smoke&m=text> * Google map: The east London fire <http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=10381322314768527 8685.00043eba9b9c69430f214&ll=51.548297,-0.018561&spn=0.011569,0.022445&t=h& z=16&om=1&liwloc=00043ebabfce87969a77c> * East <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=KTLJLAPEYNQZHQFIQMGSF GGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nfire412.xml> London fire: Transport update The London Ambulance Service said thay had sent two ambulances, a fast response car and an officer to the scene but there were no reports of casualties. A spokesman for the Health Protection Agency said: "Our staff are liaising with the fire brigade but it is still unclear what was inside the warehouse. As in any large fire of this type, we advise people close by to stay indoors and keep their windows closed." The fire is less than half a mile from the new Stratford International terminal for the Eurostar and close to the line running into St Pancras International to be opened on Wednesday. The North London rail line was temporarily closed between Dalston and Stratford, but later re-opened, although trains were not stopping at Hackney Wick station near the site of the fire. Major fire in east London <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/11/12/pusmoke.jpg> Wayne Coomer sent in this picture, taken from near St James's Park The 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority said the fire was at a warehouse which was being demolished to make way for the games. "We can confirm that a fire in east London is within the Olympic Park site," a spokesman said. "The fire is on the western edge of the Olympic Park on the site of an empty warehouse, behind the bus depot on Waterden Road. "The warehouse is in the process of being demolished. The London Fire Brigade is on site and the ODA's site staff are working closely with them." The pall of smoke can be seen in this picture taken from the roof of the Telegraph's offices in Victoria <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/11/12/nfire112c.jpg> The pall of smoke can be seen in this picture taken from the roof of the Telegraph's offices in Victoria Ruth Ward-Jackson, a 26-year-old print designer, whose offices were evacuated said: "It was huge with a massive amount of black smoke and yellow flames coming out of it. "We could see a few workers in yellow jackets milling around and at first they didn't seem too much in a hurry to get away." She said it took 15 to 20 minutes for fire engines to arrive because roads were blocked off for the Olympic development. Danny Cherry, 30, who works at the same print plant, said: "We heard this small bang and came rushing out. What we could see was just so much smoke. I think it's actually an old clothes factory. It's an old building that they were going to knock down anyway." The plume of smoke is seen behind St Paul's in this picture from Telegraph reader Adam Benzine <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/11/12/nfire112d.jpg> The plume of smoke is seen behind St Paul's in this picture from Telegraph reader Adam Benzine The smoke was visible for miles across London and a light wind blew the plume to the south east across central London. Paul Mott, a meteorologist for MeteoGroup, said visibility was around 12 to 18 miles. 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