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17th May 2025 10pm
Five fire engines and around 35 firefighters dealt with a Power Station Fire in Orpington.
Power has been fully isolated with major substations and local property's affected.
Please keep doors and windows shut at this moment.
We are liasing with National Grid, Metropolitain Police, London Ambulance Service and the local council to bring this incident to a safe conclusion.
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17th May 2025 9.33pm
Five fire engines and around 35 firefighters currently dealing with a Power Station Fire in Orpington.
The fire burned through key infrastructure for the city's power. The power station has been isolated and fire crews continue to battle the blaze into the later night.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this point in time, the fire brigade investigating with the Constabulary.
The brigade's call control officers received around one call to the fire.
The brigade was first mobilised at around 2133 with multiple other appliances attending from neighbouring stations.
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