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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🚌 London Buses between London Blackfriars, Denmark Hill and Loughborough Junction.
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— Thameslink (@TLRailUK) June 28, 2021
According to London Fire Brigade, Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are attending the fire.
More soon.
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