(slight lightness in tone of title due to no casualties/injuries reported. Mods please to modify if found to be untrue)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7237119.stm
Blaze ravages London market area
Flames were reported leaping up to 30ft in the air
Up to 100 firefighters have been tackling a major blaze that ravaged the famous markets area in Camden Town, north London.
The fire was reportedly centred on Camden Canal Market, to the east of Chalk Farm Road.
Police closed off several roads and the Hawley Arms pub, near the source of the fire, suffered severe damage.
London Fire Brigade has said the blaze is being brought under control and there are no reports of casualties.
LFB station manager Guy Foster said the fire was centred around Camden Canal Market, where a number of market stalls had caught fire.
It's very sad. It's a well-known party area
Billy Reeves
Eyewitness accounts of blaze
In pictures: Camden fire
He said the train line between Camden Road and Kentish Town West had been shut down.
Residents have also been evacuated from some houses and flats.
Firefighters were alerted at about 7.20pm on Saturday to the blaze which has reportedly consumed part of the Hawley Arms, a popular Camden pub which is frequented by celebrities including singer Amy Winehouse.
― Mark G, Sunday, 10 February 2008 04:03 (seventeen years ago)
I guess more news will be reported in the morning, but good will to all the market traders and pub regulars.
You know, I'd just booked a nights stay for the family at the HolInn Camden Lock in a couple months time. So this sort of sucks. But then, others will have lost more.
I don't know what else to say, to be honest. I'm gutted about this, really, for a number of reasons. Here's hoping for a swift recovery, etc..
― Mark G, Sunday, 10 February 2008 04:06 (seventeen years ago)
Aw fuck!
I remember spending an afternoon there on my London visit in 2004. I loved it. Took tons of photos.
:(
― Mackro Mackro, Sunday, 10 February 2008 04:07 (seventeen years ago)