A huge fire has erupted at a vehicle yard on Manor Road in Erith, with ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters rushing to the scene in the early hours of the morning.<\/p>\n
Thick clouds of smoke are pouring into the air as a number of vehicles remain alight, prompting urgent health warnings for local residents.<\/p>\n
In a dramatic overnight operation, London Fire Brigade revealed:<\/p>\n
“A large amount of smoke is being produced by the fire, and residents in the local area are advised to keep doors and windows shut where possible as crews respond.”<\/p>\n
The flames, described as intense and widespread, sparked a flood of emergency calls<\/p>\n
“The Brigade received the first of over 20 calls reporting the fire at 0407,” officials said.<\/p>\n
Crews from Plumstead, Erith, Bexley and surrounding fire stations raced to the blaze, with reinforcements arriving from Kent Fire and Rescue Service to assist the ongoing battle.<\/p>\n
Firefighters have deployed specialist equipment to bolster their efforts:<\/p>\n
“Firefighters have deployed a Hose Layer and High Volume Pump as part of our response, to increase the amount of water available for firefighting operations.”<\/p>\n
Despite their best efforts, the cause of the fire remains unknown at this stage, and investigators are expected to launch a full inquiry once the site is declared safe.<\/p>\n
This is a developing story \u2014 check back for updates as we bring you the latest from the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A huge fire has erupted at a vehicle yard on Manor Road in Erith, with ten fire engines…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[6962,66477,18672,138,12,66475,16,15,66476],"class_list":{"0":"post-156660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-emergency-news","10":"tag-emergency-response","11":"tag-fire-news","12":"tag-london-fire-brigade","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-south-london-fire","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-vehicle-yard-blaze"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114623415840595617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156660","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=156660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}