Dirty great big fire in silvertown

[Somewhatfoolish]

Can see it out of my window. It's either from a warehouse (most likely) or from a boat moored just out of sight. I would think anyone looking towards that part of london will be able to see the smoke by now

[mattley]

Looks quite serious.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-141937...

[skwdenyer]

Clearly the Chinese are a bit slow in taking away the rubbish for 'recycling' then; got to deal with the backlog somehow

[Andy Zarse]

Oh sugar!

(Silvertown is where the sugar bulkers dock for Tate and Lyle).

[thatone1967]

info from LFB Twitter feed

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LastestIncidentsCont...

[miniman]

Ah, a recycling centre. So how many of the "carbons" it's saved will be belched back into the atmos then

[thatone1967]

It's only a six pumper.... Will be sorted on no time....

[br d]

Brewsters by the looks of it.

[951TSE]

[conspiracy mode on] Not News Internationals document store then? [/conspiracy mode off]

[NorthernBoy]

I was sitting watching it from my desk, worrying, as it looked to be exactly where my house is.