Firefighters tackle big blaze in London's Soho

Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:13pm BST
 
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sixty firefighters were tackling a major blaze in an office building in London's fashionable Soho district, a fire brigade spokesman said on Friday.

"Seventy-five percent of the building has been destroyed," the spokesman said. "It's still an active fire."

The building had a basement, ground floor and four upper storeys, he added.

The fire broke out in Dean Street, a street lined with restaurants and bars, at lunchtime on Friday. Diners were evacuated and a huge pall of black smoke hung over the area.

There were no reports of anyone being trapped in the buildings, the spokesman said.

(Reporting by Sumeet Desai and Keith Weir; Editing by Tim Castle)

 
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