Huge blaze rips through industrial estate with 150 firefighters tackling warehouse, diggers and vehicles on fire
A single-storey warehouse in a scrap yard, three diggers and several other vehicles were caught up in the huge blaze.
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Locals living near Maypole Crescent in Erith, south-east London have been warned to keep their windows and doors closed due to the smoke.
The industrial estate houses around 20 businesses, including repair shops and recycling centres, on the banks of the Thames.
Twenty-five fire engines, two 32-metre turntable ladders and a fire boat were deployed to extinguish the inferno.
The London Fire Brigade responded to the first of 10 calls shortly before 11pm.
Pictures show the massive fire sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky in the dead of night, lasting until 4am.
The cause of the fire is not yet known, and the LFB has not specified which buildings have been affected by the fire.
A spokesperson for the London Fire Brigade said: "The Brigade's Control Officers took the first of 10 calls to the fire and mobilised crews from Bexley, Erith, Plumstead, East Greenwich, Sidcup and surrounding fire stations to the scene."
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