Midnight Fire Guts London Tyre Centre

A tyre business in Honeypot Lane in Queensbury, London was gutted by a blaze that was spotted shortly before midnight last night. The alarm was raised by workers at a nearby supermarket, who dialled 999 after hearing a loud explosion. A crew from Stanmore Fire Station was first on the scene and they quickly realised that more firefighters were needed to combat the blaze. At the height of the incident, the fire was tackled by 90 firefighters, with three aerial appliances and 15 fire engines.

Apart from quantities of acrid, black smoke, the firefighters were worried that the premises might contain propane gas cylinders and police closed nearby roads. The blaze was finally brought under control at 7am and nobody was hurt in the incident.