Just after 12 o’clock we were informed of a very large fire in east London within the Olympic games construction site. A plume of smoke has been visible over large areas of London. London Fire Brigade reports that 75 fire officers and 15 appliances are fighting the fire.
Latest pollution measurements have been assessed in our operations centre. Elevated PM10 particulate concentrations were measured in Eltham and Falconwood on the border between the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. The two sites affected were Greenwich 4 (Eltham) where PM10 concentrations increased rapidly from 13:00h and at Greenwich Bexley 6 (A2 Falconwood) where concentrations increased rapidly at 12:45h. Peak PM10 concentrations at both sites were between 70 and 75 ugm-3 TEOM*1.0 and appear to be falling. Air pollution at both sites remains in the ‘low’ category as defined by the UK Air Quality Information System.
Email data feeds have been established to both the Health Protection Agency and to DERFA. Further updates will appear on the LondonAir website.
News reports of the fire and pictures can be found at:

• http://www.london-fire.gov.uk
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7090725.stm
• http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,30000-1292511,00.html


Picture taken by Amanda Kendal.


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Item date 12/11/2007