What the HELL is on fire in London??!

[Soovy]

MASSIVE fire in London. Anyone know what it is - you can see it for MILES!

[voicey]

Which direction from Blackheath? I can't see a thing...

[Soovy]

Looking West from the City - behind centre point.

[Fittster]

google says: "London firefighters are tackling a fire in a metal recycling yard in Willesden in the northwest of the U.K. capital.

Thirty firefighters and six fire engines are attending the blaze on Scrubs Lane, the London Fire Brigade said on its Twitter page. There are no reports of local residents being evacuated, spokesman Martin Simpson said in a telephone interview today."

[Jaykaybi]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-24/london-fi...

"London firefighters are tackling a fire in a metal recycling yard in Willesden in the northwest of the U.K. capital.
Thirty firefighters and six fire engines are attending the blaze on Scrubs Lane, the London Fire Brigade said on its Twitter page. There are no reports of local residents being evacuated, spokesman Martin Simpson said in a telephone interview today."

[voicey]

My office at home looks south over the back garden - just popped out the front and feck me - I can even smell it from here!

[Jaykaybi]

Feck

[Hugo a Gogo]

could it be all the way over in Willesden?

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidents.asp

[DarrenL]

http://twitter.com/#!/emmakcullen/status/194809515... - wow.

[K12beano]

Wow - can see the smoke from Watford!

[mrmr96]

Love PH. I saw this out the window, wondered what it was. Checked BBC news... nothing on there. Checked PH, several posts with links and photos. Ace

[Ozzie Osmond]

Fittster said:

google says: "London firefighters are tackling a fire in a metal recycling yard in Willesden in the northwest of the U.K. capital.

Hopefully it's not under the motorway this time....

[hornet]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Hopefully it's not under the motorway this time....

Slap bang next to the West Coast Main Line though...

[Disgusted]

It's only speculation at this stage, but word is that some pie people tried to weigh in a nuke that they'd nicked from Wembley Mosque.

[IroningMan]

Wondered what it was - visible all the way out past Clapham Junction on the train.

[JimexPL]

Anyone else see the two planes being supported by a couple of jets each fly over the city a few minutes ago?

[Soovy]

JimexPL said:

Anyone else see the two planes being supported by a couple of jets each fly over the city a few minutes ago?

Yeah, an AWACS with two Typhoons, and a private jet with two Typhoons.

WTF!?

[Digger]

Looks a bit toasty!

http://www.demotix.com/news/1173186/fire-willesden...

[JimexPL]

Soovy said:

Yeah, an AWACS with two Typhoons, and a private jet with two Typhoons.

WTF!?

I thought it was an AWAC, but hadn't bothered to get up from my sofa until the second batch flew by and the sun was obscuring my view.

Pretty low ( I'm in Se1).

[Soovy]

JimexPL said:

Soovy said:

Yeah, an AWACS with two Typhoons, and a private jet with two Typhoons.

WTF!?

I thought it was an AWAC, but hadn't bothered to get up from my sofa until the second batch flew by.

Pretty low ( I'm in Se1).

Yeah it was an AWACS and a Learjet - four Typhoons alongside.