LONDON FIRE JOURNAL British Fire History

Image : Accident Report Photo: Newham Recorder On April 8, 1953, rescuers freed commuters trapped in a London Underground tunnel after two t...

Photo : London Fire Brigade ( Editor's Note: Thank you to Station Manager Robin Whittington of London's Poplar Fire Station for prov...

Photo : Collection of Kevin McDermott, retired London firefighter The collapse of an old air raid shelter at Goswell Road, Islington, in 19...

Photo : Ottawa Citizen On March 24, 1980, flames destroyed the Italian Consulate in London's fashionable Knightsbridge district. More t...

Photos : BBC On May 5, 1980, a six-day siege at the Iranian embassy ended after a dramatic raid by Special Air Service commandos that free...

On Feb. 28, 1994, a homeless man surrendered to police for setting a blaze claimed 11 lives at an adult theater in Clerkenwell, London. The ...

"There's always this hurry. Now you'll have to tell me if my helmet's on straight." London Evening News - July 24, ...

Flames and aerial bombardment visited Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London during the 20th Century, gutting the popular exhibition hall...

UPDATED JULY 2021 Images:  Illustrated London News; Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle Telegram, Jan. 27, 1903;  post card On Jan. 27, 1903, a fire a...

Photos : Illustrated London News Theater fires plagued London in the 19th Century and Chief Fire Officer Massey Shaw embarked on an ambit...

Photos : Illustrated London News, Alexandra Palace Fire struck London's Alexandra Palace - known as "Ally Pally" - in 1873 a...

Photos : London SE1 website team On March 22, 2009, fire swept Hargreen House on New Kent Road SE1. The building sat vacant for several yea...

Photos : Red Cross On Oct. 8, 1952 a London-bound express train missed a yellow signal and careened into the rear of a stationary local tra...

Photos : http://www.fireservice.co.uk/ and East End Life T he London Fire Brigade dedicates a plaque marking the 40th anniversary of an ex...

Photos : Soho Fire Station, London Fire Brigade EDITOR'S NOTE: In early 2012, a reader of the London Fire Journal requested assistan...

Photo : Sky News On Nov. 26, 2009, flames swept a construction site, jumped a street and ignited an apartment block and a pub at Caribrooke...

Image : Illustrated London News "In December 1864, a fire destroyed several buildings in the St Saviour's Dock at Dockhead, Bermond...

Photo: The Matchbox Club Model of London Fire Brigade horse drawn engine

Fireboat Massey Shaw at sea At the start of World War II, the London fireboat Massey Shaw performed heroically as a member of the fleet of...

Photo : London Transport 1958 fire damage On July 28, 1958, a fire broke out aboard a  Central line underground train carriage between Sheph...

Photo : Historical Footsteps Tours of London Script of BBC Broadcast from Sept. 7, 1940 The German air force has unleashed a wave of heavy ...

Photos : delta23lfb via Flickr Images of a London fire station teleprinter and a message calling additional fire crews - with "BA...

Photo : Soho Fire Station web site Aerial ladders in operation at 10-pump fire on Oxford Street, London.

Members of Auxiliary Fire Service catch a nap on a "heavy" pump during the Blitz.

The German air raids of 1940 damaged London Hospital, Whitechapel.

Barbara Jane Harrison, GC Photos :  UK accident investigation, Wikipedia On April 8, 1968, the No. 2 jet engine of BOAC Flight 712 snapped f...

Photos : Paul Wood (top), on Daily Mirror web site. BBC web site (lower) On July 3, 2009, fire killed six people in a high-rise apartment b...

Photo : London Fire Brigade, Gordon Honeycombe web site Photo of London firefighter Petit bottom left On Dec. 13, 1974, an arson fir...