An enormous fire near a station in Hackney has sparked rail chaos across London with tube services and overground lines cancelled and disrupted.
Video footage posted to social media shows plumes of smoke billowing into the air over an aggressive fire near Hackney Downs Station on Sunday evening.
Eight fire engines and 60 firefighters rushed from stations across north and east London to fight the blaze, which erupted at around 6pm in a residential building called Cottrill Gardens.
A static caravan and two cars were set alight, the London Fire Brigade said, as well as part of a grass embankment.
The incident has seen Transport
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