London Fire Brigade was called to a huge fire at a large hotel close to Wembley Stadium on Friday as around 40 firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control
A huge fire erupted at a large hotel next to Wembley Stadium in London on Friday afternoon, with thick black smoke seen billowing into the sky.
Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters responded to a fire at a hotel on Empire Way, Wembley. The Brigade received the first of 29 calls reporting the fire at 12.34pm. Control officers mobilised crews from Park Royal, Willesden, Northolt and surrounding fire stations to the scene.
The cause of the fire is not yet known. It is believed the fire has taken hold at the Holiday Inn, which is currently temporarily closed according to its website.
The London Fire Brigade said the fire is now under control.
They said in a post on X: “The fire in Wembley is under control. Crews will be on scene into the afternoon as they extinguish the remaining pockets of fire.”
Meanwhile, a total of 54 people have been treated by paramedics, including 19 who were admitted to hospital, after wildfires broke out across the West Midlands, the region’s ambulance service said.
The blazes led to thousands of 999 calls on Thursday, the UK’s hottest day of the year, a fire chief said. In an update on Friday morning, West Midlands Ambulance Service said it had attended “a number of serious fires” across the region “as hot and dry conditions continue”.
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue service said six firefighters had been taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion after battling blazes across the county on Thursday night.
The fires included one on Norton Road in Stourbridge where six patients were treated, including a woman and a boy who were taken to hospital due to the effects of smoke inhalation.
The remaining four were discharged at the scene, the service added. West Midlands Fire Service said crews were “making progress” on Friday and “tactically working across several different areas of the site” at Stourbridge.
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