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(Picture: PA Wire)Workers were evacuated from an Oxford Street building and roads closed as a fire broke out on Monday evening.
London Fire Brigade advised people to avoid the area while flames are dampened.
The blaze is believed to have started in the basement of a construction site near to John Lewis’s flagship department store.
Firefighters are dealing with a fire in the basement of a construction site on Oxford Street. Please avoid the area if possible. https://t.co/hFnlDqSTXt
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) November 7, 2022
BBC journalist Chi Chi Izundu posted on Twitter “lots of smoke” could be seen at 4pm.
She wrote in a Twitter post: “Outside the old department store next to John Lewis behind Oxford Street. Loads of workmen evacuated and lots of smoke.”
Basement outside @houseoffraser Oxford Street. On fire. Severely smoking up and in chaos. Unsure if building is evacuated. #londonfire @DailyMailUK pic.twitter.com/JHTRz9IGS2
— Brindon Bagirathan (@brindonb) November 7, 2022
Photos shared online show emergency services at the scene.
LFB tweeted: “Firefighters are dealing with a fire in the basement of a construction site on Oxford Street. Please avoid the area if possible.”
