{"id":185998,"date":"2025-04-29T12:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=185998"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:08:40","slug":"a-massive-fire-breaks-out-at-an-electrical-substation-in-northwest-london-causing-a-smoke-plume-to-spread-across-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/a-massive-fire-breaks-out-at-an-electrical-substation-in-northwest-london-causing-a-smoke-plume-to-spread-across-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"A massive fire breaks out at an electrical substation in northwest London, causing a smoke plume to spread across the city."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-186000\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.06.26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1190\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.06.26.png 1190w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.06.26-300x256.png 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.06.26-1024x874.png 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.06.26-768x656.png 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.06.26-696x594.png 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.06.26-1068x912.png 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.06.26-492x420.png 492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1190px) 100vw, 1190px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A significant fire erupted early this morning at an electrical substation on Victoria Passage, Aberdeen Place, in St John&#8217;s Wood, northwest London. The London Fire Brigade responded promptly at 5:29 am, dispatching 15 fire engines and approximately 100 firefighters to the scene. The blaze has produced thick black smoke visible across the capital. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An electrical transformer within the substation caught fire, and part of the roof of a neighbouring residential building is also alight. As a precaution, around 80 residents from a nearby block of flats have been evacuated. Firefighters are utilizing a 32-metre turntable ladder to combat the flames from above.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UK Power Networks has reported power outages in the Aberdeen Place area, though the exact number of affected residents remains unclear.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Station Commander Paul Morgan advised residents: &#8220;This is a very visible fire and there is lots of smoke. Residents are advised to keep their windows and doors shut.&#8221; The Metropolitan Police are assisting with the emergency response and have urged the public to avoid the area.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The cause of the fire is currently unknown, and emergency services continue to work to bring the situation under control.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-185999\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1246\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45.png 1246w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45-300x221.png 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45-1024x754.png 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45-768x566.png 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45-696x513.png 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45-1068x787.png 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45-570x420.png 570w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-10.04.45-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1246px) 100vw, 1246px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A significant fire erupted early this morning at an electrical substation on Victoria Passage, Aberdeen Place, in St John&#8217;s Wood, northwest London. The London Fire Brigade responded promptly at 5:29 am, dispatching 15 fire engines and approximately 100 firefighters to the scene. The blaze has produced thick black smoke visible across the capital. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10221280388112155_325455220908133":"","twitter_917774835383787521_917774835383787521":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185998"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186001,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185998\/revisions\/186001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}