Peckham Fire

About 310 people were forced to leave their homes after a fire engulfed a wooden building under construction and covered in scaffolding at Sumner Road and Garrisbrooke Estate, Peckham, London at about 0430 AM. It spread to two blocks of maisonettes and a destroyed a pub. More than 150 fire fighters tackled this unusually large and ferocious fire which injured ten people, including two police officers who received hospital treatment for minor injuries.

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