{"id":1157181,"date":"2026-08-19T08:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1157181\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:43:24","slug":"100-firefighters-called-to-fire-at-waste-facility-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1157181\/","title":{"rendered":"100 firefighters called to fire at waste facility in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-613824 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iStock-2205605481.jpg\" alt=\"waste fire\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\"  \/><br \/>\n15 fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to a fire at a waste facility in Deptford last night.<\/p>\n<p>Huge plumes of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LondonFire\/status\/2089806042662117605?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">black smoke were visible<\/a> across South London last night after around 50 tonnes of household waste stored at a waste facility caught fire. The cause of the fire is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p>The London Fire Brigade (LFB) urged local residents to keep doors and windows closed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalrail.co.uk\/service-disruptions\/london-bridge-20260818\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rail services into London Bridge<\/a> would be impacted as crews responded to the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters worked through the night to bring the blaze under control and are now working to extinguish the remaining pockets of fire and dampen the site.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from the scene,\u00a0Station Commander Duncan Rees said:\u00a0\u201cCrews worked hard in difficult conditions to bring the fire under control. One of the Brigade\u2019s 32m ladders and a 64m ladder were used as a water towers to tackle the flames from above.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst the fire is under control, crews will remain on scene into the morning and afternoon as they work to extinguish the remaining pockets of fire.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 15 fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to a fire at a waste facility in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1157182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,10688,16,15,314594],"class_list":["post-1157181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-recycling","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-waste-fire"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117121294698877879","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1157182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}