Sixty firefighters were tackling a major blaze in an office building in London’s fashionable Soho district, a fire brigade spokesperson said on Friday.
”Seventy-five percent of the building has been destroyed,” the spokesperson said. ”It’s still an active fire.”
The building had a basement, ground floor and four upper storeys, he added.
The fire broke out in Dean Street, a street lined with restaurants and bars, at lunchtime on Friday. Diners were evacuated and a huge pall of black smoke hung over the area.
There were no reports of anyone being trapped in the buildings, the spokesperson said. — Reuters