London fire crews still tackling Holborn blaze

Firefighters are still tackling an underground blaze that brought part of London to a standstill - a day after it started.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Apr 2015, 19:57 BST
The scene in the Holborn area of London where a fire is still alight underground a day after it began. Picture: SWNSThe scene in the Holborn area of London where a fire is still alight underground a day after it began. Picture: SWNS
The scene in the Holborn area of London where a fire is still alight underground a day after it began. Picture: SWNS

More than 5,000 people were evacuated from surrounding buildings as flames and smoke shot from a manhole in Holborn. Firecrews managed to contain the blaze on Wednesday evening after dousing the hole with water before they smashed the cover open with a sledgehammer. Water was pumped into the open hole overnight from multiple hoses but by 11am today the ‘complex’ fire had still not been fully extinguished.

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