At 0420hrs on Thursday 25th May, London Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in a concrete storage area containing loose refuse materials at a waste transfer site in Thamesmead. Six pumps were mobilised to what may have been a protracted incident.
The fire was in about 400m³ of waste material and three sprinkler heads had activated prior to the arrival of the fire service, helping to control the fire.
The fire was extinguished by the London Fire Brigade using main jets and on site mechanical digger and the incident closed after three and a half hours.