New LFB pix Gallery

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

Steam engine with crew, Southgate, North London

Steam-driven fire engine with crew -- SDFB, Southgate District Council fire service. The date on the vehicle is 1894. The driver standing on the appliance is D Gibbons. Third from right is G Walton. The officer on the right is Jack Horn, killed in a munitions explosion in 1918. The vehicle eventually went to the Science Museum in South Kensington

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London

Two firefighters in action at No.9 Shed, King George V Dock, Port of London Authority, East London (E16), on 29 December 1974 -- a 30-pump fire. They are directing their hoses onto burning bales of fibre and forcing entry into the building

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

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