Building ablaze in central London.MORE than 100 people were evacuated after a large fire broke out in an historic area of central London yesterday. A London Fire Brigade The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London, England. It is run by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and is the third-largest fire service in the world with nearly 7000 staff of which 5800 are operational firefighters and (LFB LFB Legislative Fiscal Bureau LFB London Fire Brigade LFB Linear Frame Buffer LFB Left Fullback (soccer) LFB Lyman Frank Baum (The Wizard of Oz author) LFB Liquid Factor Boiling LFB Low-Frequency Beacon ) spokesman said 12 fire engines were sent to the blaze in an office block in Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, at about 3.40pm. Around 60 firefighters were at the scene where the fifth floor and roof of the building housing the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) is a tribunal constituted in the United Kingdom with jurisdiction to hear appeals from many immigration and asylum decisions. It was created on 4 April 2005, replacing the former Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA). was ablaze. An LFB spokesman said there were no reports of anyone trapped in the fire. He added they believed there were gas cylinders on the roof of the building which was undergoing refurbishment. Eyewitnesses described a "huge plume of smoke" rising into the sky as fire engines rushed to the scene. |
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