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Firefighters Contain Storage-Area Blaze on Brixton’s Electric Avenue

Dense smoke from the fire has closed Brixton Underground station, accompanied by road closures as crews from Brixton, Peckham and West Norwood stations work to fully contain the blaze.

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Overview

  • London Fire Brigade mobilised about 70 firefighters and ten engines after receiving roughly 25 calls from 9:41 am reporting flames in a rear storage area.
  • Crews concentrated on a storage unit behind Electric Avenue shops, deploying a 32-metre turntable ladder as an observation tower to guide containment efforts.
  • Officials urged residents to keep windows and doors closed and to avoid cordoned sections as thick smoke drifted across the neighbourhood.
  • Metropolitan Police enforced street closures while Transport for London ran Stockwell station on exit-only operations and accepted Tube tickets on local buses.
  • The blaze is largely under control with hotspots secured, and a formal investigation into the fire’s cause will begin once the scene is fully cleared.