in east london near CW just now?
my windows just shook.

Can't have been thunder. Did anyone else hear it nearby?

in east london near CW just now?
my windows just shook.
you are joking that sounds like a bomb or rocket.

wow, not CW, but loads of black some on the A102, and firetrucks.

Car blew up...?

don't know. i just went out, and the smoke seems to be thining out but i can make up flames from behind the trees (who actually block most of the view) - i wonder what that is. but i'd say it's a kilometer away from me and that was fucking loud.
oh well, nothing to bad i guess, it just scared the shit outta me that the window shook!

don't know. i just went out, and the smoke seems to be thining out but i can make up flames from behind the trees (who actually block most of the view) - i wonder what that is. but i'd say it's a kilometer away from me and that was fucking loud.
oh well, nothing to bad i guess, it just scared the shit outta me that the window shook!
if your windows shook its not a car exploding beleive me.

lol i don't think it's a car either cause i wouldn't see flames that far away. i'm sure this will be news at some point.

petrol tanker? dangerous chemicals?

lol i don't think it's a car either cause i wouldn't see flames that far away. i'm sure this will be news at some point.
rememeber when mi5 was attacked with an anti tank rocket people said there windows shook then.

If it had been anything major it would have been on the BBC web site by now as breaking news.

If it was big there'll proably be something about it on 6 o clock news.

petrol tanker? dangerous chemicals?

well it seems to be where these big gas tanks are nearby bromley by bow.
on the 5-E section of page 64 of the A to Z!!

could be a gas explosion.

don't know but there's loads of black smoke now and sirens can be heard incessantly.

Crazy

Keep us posted....I really wanna know what it is now.

tkae some pics bruno

if only - the camera's gone walkies to the US and i'm left with the webcam, i've tried but the fucking reflection of the window makes it redundant, and i can't open the windows!!!! doomed!

Sounds it could be gas. If you have an explosion in the gas tank the vibrations will travel down the pipes. Go and try the gas if it doesnt work. Bingo.

this is the best i could do now that the sun is gone, it does not look like much but the cloud is drifting towards the east and is ginormous!

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/brunob1000/Image118.jpg

I've just logged on here to see if anyone new what this was. I was coming home on the train from work & saw a huge black cloud of smoke coming from the direction of the royal docks. When I got back to Dartford I could still see it from here!

No mention of it on any news sites though.

It's a fire in Bromely-by-bow iwhich has closed the blackwall tunnel and A road. It was on the BBC London news but they didn't say what caused it, although they had pretty impressive pictures of the smoke.

this is the best i could do now that the sun is gone, it does not look like much but the cloud is drifting towards the east and is ginormous!

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/brunob1000/Image118.jpg
jesus that looks like a big fire

Can't find anything on it?

Fire crews fight scrap yard blaze

Smoke can be seen for miles around
A fire at a scrap yard in east London is sending clouds of black smoke across the area and causing traffic chaos.
Tyres and cars are thought to be alight and gas cylinders have exploded at the yard, just off the A12, where the fire started at about 1700 BST.

The A12 and the northbound lane of the Blackwall Tunnel have been closed and may remain so for 24 hours. The smoke can be seen across London.

Drivers are advised to avoid Bow High Street and Stratford High Street.

Firefighters have set up an exclusion zone because of the danger that more cylinders might explode.

A London Fire Brigade spokesman said some people had been evacuated from the scrap yard.

No-one is thought to be seriously injured.

BBC News Website Source


Interesting eh?

I just went up there on my bike, loads of engines, can't get near the place, you can still feel the heat though. More cylinders are exploding all the time

I just went up there on my bike, loads of engines, can't get near the place, you can still feel the heat though. More cylinders are exploding all the time

forgot the camera :bash:

Oh aye

Is anyone getting a sorta Spooks vibe about the secrecy by the media lol

yep Blackwall Tunnel is what London Tonight said earlier. Whats the latest?

Who farted?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4089744.stm

Wierd, I was out in London all day and didn't notice a thing.

well i just logued back on as we've not had any power for the last two hours and it just came back!
I bet that also went widely unreported at least till now, my neighbors were saying there was a power outage in a huge area, not only locally in bow. oh well, i guess it's over now!

Admit it, you thought Al-Qaeda were in town. :yes:

I've a weak heart - i'm delicate :)

I did a thread like this once, except I ever found out what the loud noise was. You should think yourself lucky!

there was a huge bang in worsley, salford a few months back, nobody knew what it was because there was nothing to show for it. no smoke, no fire. so we all assumed it was coal shafts caving in etc.

http://xs33.xs.to/pics/05242/fire.jpg


http://xs33.xs.to/pics/05242/fire2.jpg

Thats quite a bit of smoke, did you find out what caused it?

Ignre this I just read the rest of the posts.

Did anyone else experience that massive power cut in central london a couple of weeks ago...that was quite freaky, all of the centre went down for 15 minutes. We had to rescue a couple of people from the lifts in our building which was pretty amusing.

http://xs33.xs.to/pics/05242/fire.jpg


Nice view overlooking the HAC you have there Potto.

I nearly got caught in the traffic for this. I'd just dropped of in Greenwich and what I normally do then is shoot through the pipe and into Canary Wharf to look for my next job. Luckily the police had just shut the slip road so I went back through Greenwich and struck lucky with a job to Covent Garden. Luverlee..... :)