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Fire at London Bridge building site | Fire at London Bridge building site |
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A fire broke out at a 12-storey building under demolition near London Bridge earlier. | |
London Fire Brigade (LFB) sent seven fire engines to the blaze on King William Street at about 18:06 GMT. | |
About 10% of the scaffolding on the 10th floor was alight but by 20:32 the fire was under control, a LFB spokeswoman said. | |
Photographs on social media showed flames behind the scaffolding on the site. | |
Firefighters were called to the site on the north side of the River Thames, in central London. | |
The bridge was completely closed to traffic and pedestrians and buses were diverted. | |
At 20:32 the brigade tweeted: "The fire near #LondonBridge on King William St is now under control but crews are still there damping down." | |
Earlier, BBC reporter Alan Soady, who was at the scene, said: "The building is covered in scaffolding with white netting. You can see that there are flames behind it. | |
"It seems, from the many fire engines that are here, they have been bringing it under control." | "It seems, from the many fire engines that are here, they have been bringing it under control." |
"But it has had the impact of having to cordon off the whole bridge," he added. | "But it has had the impact of having to cordon off the whole bridge," he added. |
"They'd have been worried about any burning debris falling down on to the path and the road that's so busy during rush hour." | "They'd have been worried about any burning debris falling down on to the path and the road that's so busy during rush hour." |