It took 70 firefighters drawn from four fire stations three hours to get a blaze at a converted warehouse on Elmwood Road under control yesterday.
Big blaze: half the building on Elmwood Road was on fire
There were no reports of any injuries at the fire, in building which is now being used as a Hindu temple, although residents in surrounding roads were advised to keep their windows closed because of the amount of smoke generated by the blaze.
There were road closures on Elmwood Road between London Road and Lodge Road, and on Wellington Road between Elmwood Road and St James’s Road while firefighters tackled the emergency.
Station Commander Craig Fenner, who was at the scene, said: “Firefighters worked hard to bring the incident under control.
“One of the Brigade’s 64-metre turntable ladders was used at the scene as a water tower to tackle flames from height. Drones were also deployed to provide the incident commander with a greater situational awareness of the incident.
“The fire was producing smoke in the vicinity and those who live or work nearby were advised to keep windows and doors closed.”
London Fire Brigade took the first call to the fire at 1.09pm and sent 10 fire engines from Croydon, Norbury, Mitcham and Woodside stations to the scene.
The fire was under control by 4.12pm.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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