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The blaze at a recycling centre in Dagenham began at 1.15pm on Sunday afternoon and at its height sent up a plume of smoke so large it was visible across the capital.
Fire chiefs said the entire building, a single-storey facility on Chequers Lane measuring 50 metres by 100 metres or about the size of a football pitch, was alight.
A spokesman said the cause of the fire had not been established yet but emphasised that it had not affected fire cover at Olympic venues.
Ron Dobson, London Fire Commissioner, said: "We've not seen a fire of this size in London for several years.
""It's certainly a dramatic end to the Olympics for the London Fire Brigade. That said though, we are still able to attend incidents across the capital and the fire cover we're providing at the Olympic venues has not been affected.
Originally posted by usaman1983
Wait a second its says that building is a waste recycling building, is that smoke from the fire toxic if its waste recycling?edit on 12-8-2012 by usaman1983 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by poet1b
It certainly is strange timing. Might be just a coincidence, but makes one wonder.
Could be some political statement by any number of groups.
Or a diversion to keep resources busy.
How interesting - this is the site formerly owned by the same 'London Godfather' who has an ongoing libel case against The Times newspapers which is due to start shortly , and the Times announced that he was going to 'take charge of land designated for the Olympics and sell it to crime lord Terry Adams' - what a wonderful thing the Olympics are eh , Gold Medal for coincidences !!
Originally posted by lifttheveil
This quote from The Times comments got my attention....
How interesting - this is the site formerly owned by the same 'London Godfather' who has an ongoing libel case against The Times newspapers which is due to start shortly , and the Times announced that he was going to 'take charge of land designated for the Olympics and sell it to crime lord Terry Adams' - what a wonderful thing the Olympics are eh , Gold Medal for coincidences !!
www.telegraph.co.uk...
I don't have any knowledge of what he is talking about but thought it was worth adding to thread to see if anyone else can comment or shed any more light.