Major fire breaks out around Elephant and Castle station

Main image courtesy Tanya Jost.

A major fire has broken out around Elephant and Castle station this afternoon around 1:45pm.

The blaze appears to be around the Thameslink station with smoke emanating from arches just to the north of the station.

At one stage a major explosion saw a huge fireball emerge from below the tracks towards a newly built block of flats on Elephant Road.

It appears the fire emanates from one of these arches, which includes car repair centres:

All rail services are suspended which is causing mass disruption on Thameslink.

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According to London Fire Brigade, Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are attending the fire.

More soon.