{"id":694089,"date":"2026-01-13T22:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694089\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:45:17","slug":"flames-erupt-and-black-smoke-fills-night-sky-in-huge-blaze-on-train-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694089\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames erupt and black smoke fills night sky in huge blaze on train line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A huge fire has erupted at Queens Road Peckham Rail Station in south London. <\/p>\n<p>Video and images of the fierce blaze were shared online as smoke billowed in the capital\u2019s rainy night sky. <\/p>\n<p>Updating travellers on the incident, ThamesLink wrote on X: \u201cServices are currently unable to run through Queens Road Peckham and this station is closed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo trains are unable to go through this station and it may be quicker at this time to use an alternative route to complete your journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"73d55\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d6fcb5624bf8e61728be999d9ea09169\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20567%201080'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768344317_586_image.png\" width=\"567\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The flames lit up the night sky over the capital <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>X: DAN DEACON<\/p>\n<p>Transport for London confirmed to GB News that there was a &#8220;fire on the track&#8221; and that no service was running through the station.<\/p>\n<p>They also said delays should be expected on the Windrush Overground line. <\/p>\n<p>GB News has approached the London Fire Brigade for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Queens Road services two lines, the London Overground connecting to Clapham Junction and Dalston Junction, via Surrey Quays.<\/p>\n<p>It also joins Southern Trains, running on the South London Line towards London Bridge, East Croydon, and Beckenham Junction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE TO FOLLOW<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A huge fire has erupted at Queens Road Peckham Rail Station in south London. Video and images of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[113921,748,393,252,4884,257,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-694089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-across-the-uk","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-fire","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115890220116214349","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694089","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=694089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}