EXPLAINED: London fire brigade - The Real Truth

Hundreds evacuated from east London towers after 'disastrous' crack discovered

The Sovereign and Centurion towers in Canning Town were evacuated in the early hours of Friday morning

Evening Standard · Oct 23

London tour bus crashes into souvenir stand near Trafalgar Square

Images on social media showed key rings, t-shirts and tote bags scattered around the scene of the incident

Evening Standard · Oct 23

Smokers warned to dispose of cigarettes safely after three fires in south London

Fires in Beckenham, Croydon and Westbourne Park were found to have been caused by cigarettes

Evening Standard · Oct 20

Fire rips through terraced house in east London

25 firefighters tackle blaze in Chadwell Heath

Evening Standard · Oct 13

Fire sweeps through children's nursery in north London

Around 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at a nursery in Islington

Evening Standard · Oct 13

Deliveroo e-bike riders travelling too fast will be banned from platform

The food delivery firm is introducing new technology to identify riders travelling at suspiciously high speeds

Evening Standard · Oct 9

Deliveroo riders face ban for using illegal e-bikes as government urged to take action

Deliveroo is set to introduce new technology to track when drivers are travelling too fast

The Independent UK · Oct 9

Window cleaners become trapped on 15th floor of London skyscraper

London Fire Brigade used the tallest aerial appliance in Europe to bring the pair down to safety

The Independent UK · Oct 9

Eight people evacuated as fire rips through 800-year-old market place in London in early hours

Twenty-five firefighters tackled the blaze in south west London

Evening Standard · Oct 6

London tower block residents tell of 'pandemonium' as they fled fatal fire on 17th floor

An investigation into the blaze in Poplar is under way, London Fire Brigade says

Evening Standard · Sep 12