Fire at Canary Wharf
March 2, 2019
Looked at lot worse than it was (fortunately) and nobody was inured – The cause has been declared as an air conditioning unit having caught fire within the Barclays Building of Canary Wharf. The dark smoke though shocked some onlookers as it poured out from the roof area over the night sky of London.
60 Firefighters were in attendance after over 20 emergency calls were received to report the incident in the 33 storey high tower block of London’s busy financial corner. Varied videos of the event are view-able on Youtube:
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