New LFB pix Gallery

Tower Bridge jams in summer heat

Tower Bridge, London, jams when the metal expands in the summer heat on 2 July 1968. The bridge is closed for two hours while firefighters cool it down with their hoses. Seen here are men on board the Firebrace, training their hoses upwards towards the underside of the partially open bridge

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

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Petrol station, Old Brompton Road, London SW7

Brew Brothers petrol station in Old Brompton Road, London SW7, where a fire and explosion occurred in a basement store, 20 July 1957. The damage at ground level involved the public paving, pavement lights in the station forecourt, window glass and partition walls in the kiosk, the metal parts of a sign (marked X) and steel framing under the canopy

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

Firefighters outside mobile kitchen, WW2

Firefighters enjoying a mug of tea outside a mobile kitchen presented to the National Fire Service by the Order of the Eastern Star, Manitoba, Canada, during the Second World War. They are at the Fish Docks in Grimsby, following an air raid on Grimsby on 13 June 1943

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

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