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Three schools evacuated after explosions heard from fireworks warehouse inferno
About 150 firefighters are tackling the blaze in a warehouse with fireworks, causing evacuations and visible smoke across west London, officials said.
- London Fire Brigade declares a major incident after a large fire rips through a two-storey warehouse and retail space in Southall, with emergency calls beginning around 9am.
- Assistant Commissioner Pat Goulbourne said explosions were reported as one witness heard fireworks at around 8.40am, while the cause of the fire remains unknown in the affected building.
- Data from the scene show 25 fire engines and around 150 firefighters were involved as crews from Southall, Heston and Ealing fire stations arrived after locals phoned emergency services over 50 times before 9am.
- Residents and nearby schools were evacuated and the London Fire Brigade community engagement team is working with Ealing Council to support displaced residents, with no reports of injuries.
- Around three-quarters of the structure is alight with the roof collapsed, and smoke was visible from 17 miles away in Merton as Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Met Police, London Ambulance Service, and Transport for London assisted.
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