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Huge warehouse fire sends smoke over west London Firefighters contain huge warehouse fire in west London
(about 3 hours later)
A large fire has sent smoke over west London as 75 firefighters try to extinguish the blaze at a range of industrial units. Firefighters are still battling a large warehouse blaze that sent a huge cloud of thick smoke over west London.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 15 fire engines were at the scene in Shepherds Bush. The fire has now been contained. At its height, London Fire Brigade (LFB) sent 15 appliances to the scene in Shepherds Bush.
White City Tube station and Wood Lane were closed after the blaze started at 09:35 GMT. Although the fire has now been contained, unstable gas cylinders have been found which need to be made safe.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the nearby BBC White City complex. White City Tube station and Wood Lane remain closed after being shut shortly after the blaze started at 09:35 GMT.
A section of the A40 was closed earlier but has now reopened. 'Worst kind'
An LFB spokesman said the estimated total size of the warehouses was 170m by 90m (557ft by 295ft) and 50% had been on fire. About half of the the large warehouse - which measures 170m by 90m (557ft by 295ft) - has been destroyed in the fire.
As of 13:35 GMT, he said the fire was contained with no risk of it spreading. Station manager Rod Horton, who is at the scene, said throughout the blaze officers had suspected gas cylinders were in the building.
A safety cordon was put up around Wood Lane earlier as a precaution in case gas cylinders were inside the premises. A safety cordon was put up around Wood Lane as a precaution.
"We've found one acetylene cylinder at the site of the Wood Lane fire and crews are cooling it to make it safe," a spokesman said. He said: "Unfortunately they are the worst kind, acetylene, a very unstable substance, which remains unstable for some time particularly once heated."
There have been no reports of explosions. He added that thermal imagining cameras were being used to measure the core temperatures of the cylinders and a combination of water and the ambient temperature were cooling them.
'Challenging incident''Challenging incident'
Station manager Rod Horton, who is at the scene, said earlier: "The fire is affecting a range of industrial buildings on the dairy site. He said that it was now a "10-pump incident" and would be scaled down to six fire engines.
"It's a challenging and developing incident at the moment and we're likely to be at the scene for some time." Earlier he described the scene as "challenging" and affecting a range of industrial buildings.
An ambulance and a hazardous area response team is also in attendance but London Ambulance Service said no-one had been reported hurt. An ambulance and a hazardous area response team were sent but London Ambulance Service said no-one had been reported hurt.
More than 100 people were evacuated from the factory complex, according to a local petrol station worker. More than 100 people were evacuated from the complex, according to a local petrol station worker.
Rashid Ansari, 23, a sales assistant at Esso petrol station in Wood Lane, said: "The fire took place around the back of the Unigate factory. It is a multiple factory so a lot of people work there... they have closed the road and not a single person is allowed down here. There is lots of thick, dark smoke." Rashid Ansari, 23, a sales assistant at Esso petrol station in Wood Lane, said: "The fire took place around the back of the Unigate factory. A lot of people work there... they have closed the road and not a single person is allowed down here. There is lots of thick, dark smoke."
The LFB spokesman said: "People were evacuated but we do not believe it was as many as 100."
'Traffic chaos''Traffic chaos'
A Transport for London (TfL) spokesman said: "Buses are currently on diversion and TfL is working to divert traffic away from the area and minimise any disruption caused by this incident."A Transport for London (TfL) spokesman said: "Buses are currently on diversion and TfL is working to divert traffic away from the area and minimise any disruption caused by this incident."
Train services have also been disrupted.Train services have also been disrupted.
Eyewitness Guy Ramshaw said: "We were on the A40, driving up from Earl's Court when we saw the smoke.Eyewitness Guy Ramshaw said: "We were on the A40, driving up from Earl's Court when we saw the smoke.
"They had shut the Westway so there was no A40 going out of the city from Paddington. It was causing chaos with the traffic.""They had shut the Westway so there was no A40 going out of the city from Paddington. It was causing chaos with the traffic."
Earlier, people were evacuated from the nearby BBC White City complex, but a BBC spokeswoman said it was due to an "unrelated issue" and no BBC buildings were affected.
The warehouses used to be owned by Unigate which was taken over by Dairycrest in 2002.The warehouses used to be owned by Unigate which was taken over by Dairycrest in 2002.
A spokeswoman for Dairycrest said she did not know who bought the warehouses.A spokeswoman for Dairycrest said she did not know who bought the warehouses.
The cause of the blaze is not yet known.The cause of the blaze is not yet known.