Passengers arriving at London's Heathrow Airport reported seeing large amounts of smoke rising from the fire at Feltham, west London.
Best-selling author Robert Harris tweeted a video of the fire and said:
Several people living near the area reported hearing a loud explosion. “I heard something explode,” said one person on social media.
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18} Explodes like a bomb or an explosion."A spokesperson for the London Fire Brigade said, "Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters were called to report the fire on Hereford Road. called," he said.
A spokesperson for the London Fire Brigade told the Daily Star that an accident at Hereford Road, Feltham He said 10 fire engines and about 70 firefighters had been called to report the fire.
They added: "Firefighters are working on fires involving trees, hedges, shrubs and decks behind many buildings on the road."
53} They added that there were 44 separate 999 calls. It was done on fire.The first call came from him after 4:30. Fire brigade from Hillingdon, Kingston, Southall, Surbiton, Tooting and surrounding fire departments are on scene.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
London Metropolitan Police It supports the fire brigade and advises the public to "avoid the area".
Heathrow is the world's second busiest airport by international passenger traffic, Europe's busiest airport by passenger traffic and the seventh busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic. .
Some locals were concerned about seeing the flames just a few yards from their garden fence, but have now evacuated.
Roads are closed in the area and traffic is reported to be very slow.
Earlier this month,more than 100 firefighters were dispatched to fields near Heathrow Airport to deal with fires on 6 hectares of grassland. Huge smoke was seen rising in the area and people were warned to stay indoors. It said it was the result of unfavorable weather conditions, and plans to combat the threat by introducing even stronger measures to prevent future grass fires at the ward's parks.
London has been hit by a wave of grass fires in recent weeks. A football field in Feltham, near the current incident, was in a "scorched" state after a fire earlier this week.
The London Fire Service is currently working across the capital to extinguish a number of blazes.
Twelve fire trucks and about 80 firefighters were engulfed in a fire in an apartment block on Heathstan Road in Shepherd's Bush.
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