Huge blaze breaks out in east London
Haroon Siddique Monday November 12, 2007 <http://www.guardian.co.uk/> Guardian Unlimited A huge plume of smoke rose over London today as firefighters battled to control a major blaze on the capital's 2012 Olympics site. Fifteen fire engines and 75 firefighters were sent to tackle the fire, which appeared to have broken out at Waterden Road, an industrial area close to the Stratford channel tunnel railway station. A spokesman for the Olympic Delivery Authority 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 spokesman said it was "too early" to say whether the blaze was in any way connected to building work. The fire appeared to have broken out at the 4,083 square metre former Moss Bros warehouse, which later collapsed. The smoke over the London skyline appeared to be dissipating. Earlier, a spokesman for the nearby East London bus company, which has a depot behind the warehouse, said the company was concerned about fuel lines running behind the garage. The London fire brigade said firefighters had been called at 12.06pm, and the capital's ambulance service said no casualties had been reported. Scotland Yard said it was investigating the blaze, but reports said there was not believed to be any terrorist involvement. Tom Pearson, who works near Borough market, in south-east London, said: "I thought a bomb had gone off when I first saw it. It's a huge, huge, filthy black plume of smoke." Eurostar services continued as normal as did those at City airport, around five miles from the scene of the fire. _____ www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-britain-fire,0,377518.story?c oll=chi_tab01_layout chicagotribune.com Fire Breaks Out at London Olympics Site By Associated Press 9:04 AM CST, November 12, 2007 LONDON A fire at an east London warehouse on the 2012 Olympics site sent a towering column of black smoke over the British capital Monday, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries. The blaze broke out shortly after noon on the western boundary of the Olympic Park site in Stratford, the Olympic Delivery Authority said. Police said there was nothing to suggest a suspicious cause. "We only know it's a fire," a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said. "There's nothing to suggest anything else at the moment." The industrial area, about 5 1/2 miles east of central London, is under extensive reconstruction for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Olympics officials said the fire broke out near the site where the main press center will be located. "We heard this small bang and came rushing out," said Danny Cherry, 30, a print worker. "What we could see was just so much smoke." "I think it's actually an old clothes factory," Cherry said. ""It's an old building that they were going to knock down anyway." One railway line was closed because of smoke, Network Rail said. Transport for London, the agency that operates bus and subway services, said there were three bus garages in the area but none was involved in the fire. Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. 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