Emergency services rush to car fire near Buckingham Palace The Mall, London Middlesex England
Emergency services rush to car fire near Buckingham Palace
Published: 14th July 2010
Emergency services rush to car fire near Buckingham Palace
Emergency services have been called to a car fire a short distance from Buckingham Palace.
Firefighters and police attended the blaze in The Mall, central London, shortly after 10.15am.
Police closed the road to traffic and pedestrians between Admiralty Arch and the Queen Victoria Memorial.
An eyewitness said officers were also clearing members of the public from nearby Green Park.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers were called to reports of a car fire in The Mall, close to Clarence House.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: ''We were called to a car on fire in The Mall, Westminster, at about 10.15am.''
The police spokesman said: "Police were called at 10.15am this morning to reports of a car on fire in The Mall.
"London Fire Brigade are also in attendance. Road closures are in place. The cause of the fire is not known at this stage."
A spokeswoman at Clarence House, official residence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, said she was aware of the fire.
She said the blaze was not affecting the property.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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