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Title: Elephant and Castle KEEP WELL AWAY Post by: infoman on June 28, 2021, 15:46:41 a fire has been reported in the area,breaking news on Sky news.
Please advise others if you think they may be passing through the E and C area Title: Re: Elephant and Castle KEEP WELL AWAY Post by: Red Squirrel on June 28, 2021, 15:52:31 BBC reporting large fire at railway arches. This photo suggests Infoman is right to advise keeping clear:
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/13BAC/production/_119121808_mediaitem119121807.jpg) Title: Re: Elephant and Castle KEEP WELL AWAY Post by: infoman on June 28, 2021, 16:08:16 ITV London local news reported the incident occurred at 13:45pm,and footage of one of the explosions was shown the same channel.
Title: Re: Elephant and Castle KEEP WELL AWAY Post by: broadgage on June 28, 2021, 18:17:33 Certainly a major fire, with several injuries but fortunately no loss of life.
Hopefully an accident and nothing more sinister. Title: Re: Elephant and Castle KEEP WELL AWAY Post by: PrestburyRoad on June 28, 2021, 19:30:22 I trust that the Victorian brickwork of the viaduct will have withstood the fire.
The modern concrete building in the foreground - the one being demolished - was the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre. I have nostalgic memories of walking through it every day in 1970 on my commute to work. It was so new, now so gone. Title: Re: Elephant and Castle KEEP WELL AWAY Post by: Electric train on June 29, 2021, 06:46:14 Would appear it was a car repair / MOT business involved.
Title: Re: Elephant and Castle KEEP WELL AWAY Post by: bradshaw on June 29, 2021, 08:01:37 The lines reopened this morning after a huge effort by multi agency workers to inspect and repair. Currently electrical supply the station not finished.
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