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Wetherspoon pub damaged by fire | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
A fire has severely damaged a Wetherspoon pub in south London. | |
Some 100 firefighters were called out to the building in Bellegrove Road, Welling, where the first floor collapsed. | |
The fire spread throughout the building and the roof caught alight, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. Crews were called at 09:25 BST and the fire was under control four hours later. | |
Firefighters remain at the scene dampening down. | |
Bellegrove Road should be be fully reopened by 19:00, said the Met Police. | |
Seven people left the building before the brigade arrived and there were no reports of any injuries. | |
Martin Freeman, from the London Fire Brigade, said: "Staff at the pub had a lucky escape as they heard the smoke alarm sound, left the pub and alerted the brigade." | |
He said had the firefighters not had an early warning "there could have been a very different outcome". |
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