Dense smoke in south London after large fire breaks out
29 June 2021 |
1:35 pm
Smoke rises from scene of a fire in the Elephant and Castle area of the British capital. The London Fire Brigade said the inferno had engulfed three commercial units under a railway line as well as four cars and a telephone box in the south London area not far from the Thames river.
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