Awful fire in Greater London

[MrsDThomas]

So many houses lost. Absolutely horrific.

hope none of you ate affected.

What? Where?

I'm glued to sky news in disbelief. Also can't believe bbc don't seem to be covering it. Tragic. Do we know of any casualties?

Its on the bbc news

It's only about 8 miles from here.

Do they know how it started?

This?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62224618

Have a look on dky news. The footage😨

its in Wennington

Is it? 30mins ago I had to video call my mum to show her sky news as she couldn't see it

I swear i heard sky mention an explosion in a scrapyard?

It’s awful, I feel so sorry for anyone affected and hope the fire service stay safe

It’s dreadful. I hope people and animals have been evacuated in time.

Thought I heard there were 3 separate bbqs that started 3 of them. Might have misheard though as it was just as I turned it on

oh god that's awful.

Just saw the news clip about the falls that are bone dry too & the problems in Europe

🥲🥲🥲

Its terrible. Very frightening

Upminster
Dagenham
Southgate
Croydon x2
Dartford
Eltham
Wembley

Just a few of the fires raging today in greater London! Homes and businesses destroyed in some cases.

for the love of god, please no BBQs, chucking cigarettes on the ground, glass bottles littered or any other fire creating methods when it is so hot and dry! It just takes one spark! The firebrigade are begging…

It's shocking. It's over such a large area and looks very fierce and spreading so quickly. I think they said on Sky it started as a barbecue fire. They can be so dangerous.

My heart goes out to the people affected by it.

It’s just awful. All those poor families who have lost their homes.

Those fire fighters working in this heat are just incredible. I can’t imagine how tough that must be.

It's dreadful. I'm currently pet sitting for my friend who was evacuated this afternoon.

She has no idea whether her house has burnt down or not. The police knocked and she had just a few minutes to grab her pets, car keys and some medication.

Sadiq Khan is allegedly asking people not to have BBQs in London today and tomorrow because of all these incidents.

i saw a request for no barbecues and no swimming (13 people died so far)

Jesus, get rid of the fucking adverts so we can see what's happening

I’ve just seen an interview where they said that if we continue getting heat waves like this we might have to adapt to prevent wild fires occurring and spreading; like how they do in Australia. This would include having complete bans on BBQs or anything with an open flame. It would essentially mean that during hotter days it might become illegal to have a BBQ in your back garden.

Neighbours on Mumsnet rejoice

But it's just summer! All this hysteria over summer! Get a grip people.
(The above is a piss take in case anyone misses it)

It’s very near my parents’ house. Worrying and so awful for goose caught up in it.

im 20 miles away from the fires.....i was sat in the garden earlier and it was really windy, the fence was rattling