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The Latest Breaking News from London Fire Brigade

60 firefighters tackle major blaze at high-rise flats in east London

London Fire Brigade took 21 calls, the first at 11.39am, as part of the first floor caught alight

Evening Standard

100 firefighters tackle blaze at block of flats in Hackney

Fifteen fire engines called to bring blaze under control at four-storey residential building on Dalston Lane

The Independent UK

Thousands evacuated over suspected gas leak in central London

Gas technicians work to isolate gas leak as traffic diverted and buildings evacuated on busy Southwark Street

The Independent UK

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London bus destroyed after being engulfed by huge fire on suburban street

Five fire engines and 30 firefighters rushed to the blaze in Twickenham, south west London, on Saturday afternoon

The Independent UK

About 80 firefighters called to battle blaze at historic London pub

The cause of the fire is now under investigation.

Evening Standard

Man rescued after trench collapses and buries him in clay and sand

It took more than six hours to free the man

Evening Standard

Metropolitan Police charge man with Hackney fire which injured four

Man charged with three offences to appear in court on Monday

Evening Standard

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Fire brigade chief pleads with London building owners: 'Get the cladding off'

Andy Roe said firefighters were sometimes ‘operating in very high-risk buildings that should have been fixed by now’

Evening Standard

‘Unexploded bombs’: call for action after 11 deaths in UK due to e-bike fires

Dangerous batteries and conversion kits still being sold online, new safety data reveals

The Guardian - UK

Barnet Council fears new national cladding crisis as it sounds alarm over UVPC on houses

More than 400 Barnet residents face a bill of up to £23,000 to replace cladding and the council says it could be ‘the tip of the iceberg’ for UK

Evening Standard

Is your e-bike safe? How to avoid dangerous e-bike batteries

Are e-bike owners playing with fire every time they plug in for a top up?

Cycling Weekly

More than 100 evacuated and nearly a dozen injured after fire in South Kensington

Eleven people treated for smoke inhalation after fire breaks out in residential building in London

The Guardian - AU

South Kensington fire: 11 people rushed to hospital and five rescued after blaze breaks out in five-storey building

Five people rescued from five-storey building as 15 fire engines and about 100 firefighters tackle blaze

Evening Standard

The government should make ebikes cheaper, not more powerful, if they want more people on bikes

No one with any real interest in seeing an uptake in cycling in the UK has called for the changes, argues advocacy expert Sam Jones

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Evening Standard

Dog rescued after falling through ice on frozen lake in Dulwich, prompting warning to owners

Ponzo is thought to have been chasing something when she ran out across the ice

Evening Standard

Roof destroyed in fire in Romford attended by 60 London firefighters

London Fire Brigade send crews to Romford to tackle blaze

Evening Standard

Kilburn sinkhole: More than 100 people evacuated over gas leak and burst water main

Residents were given shelter in a nearby church after a 24-inch gas main ruptured and a sinkhole opened up

The Independent UK

Grieving father who lost family in tragic house fire urges Britons to be safe with fireworks

Exclusive: ‘All I want is for no one else to lose their family,’ says Aroen Kishen, who was the lone survivor of a house fire at his home in Hounslow

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Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of arson after fire at London Oratory School in Fulham

70 firefighters were called to school in Fulham at around 10am on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Serious delays on Catford South Circular after B&M lorry crashes into railway bridge

B&M truck collides with Catford station bridge

Evening Standard

Two people in hospital after jumping from windows to escape e-bike house fire

Most of the three-storey home in Hackney, east London was destroyed by the blaze, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said

Evening Standard

Abbey Wood: Heavy rain causes people to abandon their cars as flood alert issued for River Thames

Cars left stranded as roads in Abbey Wood and Plumstead flooded

The Independent UK

Nine gym goers hospitalised and 70 evacuated after chlorine gas incident

Emergency services called out to Gold Gym in Hanwell

Evening Standard

Tube staff praised after Northern Line chaos saw passengers smash windows to escape suspected fire

All passengers had been evacuated from the train within 11 minutes of the onboard alarm being pressed

The Independent UK

Hundreds of people evacuated from homes as gas leak causes chaos

Doctors surgery in Vauxhall, South London suffered a gas leak, and 200 people have been evacuated from their homes

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