London's Burning

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="005fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>  </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> London's Burning</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="723" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 589 ><NOBR><div> <I> </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><IMG SRC="1cbcc4430.jpg" border=0 width="452" height="323" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1cbeefac0.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1cc0d2ae0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><B>Walthamstow - Selborne Walk Shopping Centre</B></I></div> <div> A MASSIVE fire swept through the shopping centre in the early hours one morning in July 2004</div> <div> Around 100 firefighters tackled the blaze<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>            </I></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 322 ><NOBR><div> <I><IMG SRC="1e0a640a0.jpg" border=0 width="356" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Belvedere  </B></div> <div> stolen by joyriders and then torched </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <I><IMG SRC="1e0b5d070.jpg" border=0 width="349" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Whitechapel</B></div> <div> Inside burnt out transit van</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 312 ><NOBR><div> <I><IMG SRC="51361fb0.jpg" border=0 width="353" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Wapping </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>  </I></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>  </B><B><IMG SRC="1e0f06fa0.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>  Stratford</B></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 350 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e0e62f70.jpg" border=0 width="354" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Whitechap</B><B>el (Commercial Rd)</B><B> </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="355"><div> <IMG SRC="1e1160f50.jpg" border=0 width="352" height="245" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <B>Hackney</B></div> <div> The centre of Hackney was  brought to a standstill and surrounding roads were shut for days</div> <div> <I>pic by Ruth Miller</I></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 240 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="237562eb0.jpg" border=0 width="354" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>           Hammersmith Fire station</B></div> <div>            Disused and awaiting redevelopment</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 232 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="256a5ee30.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="355"><bR> <bR> <div> <B>Old Kent Road Fire Station</B></div> <bR> <div> Built in 1903 and replaced an 1868 station on the same site<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT>Disused as a fire station since 1971 and now  used as a second hand shop  (the largest antique fireplace showroom in the world)</div> <div>  Note the fire station dummy in the window.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 353 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1312.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1e0cd40c0.jpg" border=0 width="468" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>    </B><A HREF="id1312.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1e0dc90c0.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>North Finchley - Waitrose Supermarket burning down</B></div> <div> <I>(these 2 pics sent in by Donald)</I></div> <div> This arson was  described by firefighters as the worst blaze in recent memory in the borough. The flames </div> <div> spread quickly, destroying three quarters of the shop floor, and took 120 firefighters 12 hours to </div> <div> extinguish using 20 fire engines.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >The following pics were kindly supplied by </FONT>Steve Dudeney of  <A HREF="http://www.poplarfirestation.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.poplarfirestation.com"><U><U>www.poplarfirestation.com</U></U></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="720" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 267 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e3969f20.jpg" border=0 width="361" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1e3a56f40.jpg" border=0 width="342" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Flats in Popular overlooking Canary Wharf</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 277 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e196aec0.jpg" border=0 width="362" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Shadwell</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e1b4fee0.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="238" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Burnt car booby trapped for fire crews </div> <div> with gas cylinders</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 265 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e1d65f20.jpg" border=0 width="357" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1e3c53f20.jpg" border=0 width="339" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Victorian houses somewhere in the East End....</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 259 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e216aec0.jpg" border=0 width="362" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Poplar</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e2355ec0.jpg" border=0 width="341" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Bow</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 255 WIDTH="712"><div> <IMG SRC="1e405be80.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1e3f4ae80.jpg" border=0 width="330" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Bermondsey</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 244 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e296add0.jpg" border=0 width="362" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Bermondsey</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e2b55dd0.jpg" border=0 width="341" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Limehouse</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 277 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e2d65fe0.jpg" border=0 width="357" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1e3e5efd0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Limehouse - some of you will recognise The Albion from the "Pubs" section</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 344 WIDTH="365"><div> <IMG SRC="1e3166f00.jpg" border=0 width="358" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Paddington</div> <div> Twenty fire engines rushed to the scene and 100 firefighters fought with the blaze.There was traffic chaos  as roads were closed and buses were diverted.</div> <div> Three firefighters were taken to hospital with heat exhaustion. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e3351f00.jpg" border=0 width="337" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Limehouse</div> <div> Tyre yard</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 281 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e3566f00.jpg" border=0 width="358" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1e3753f20.jpg" border=0 width="339" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Bow</div> <div> Underground garages</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="derelict_london_com.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London.com"><U><I><IMG SRC="3c896370.gif" border=0 width="150" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>