Fire at hotel near Hyde Park

LONDON: fireplace broke out at London’s Mandarin Oriental hotel on Wednesday with dozens of hearth-warring parties deployed to address the blaze that pumped smoke high into the air over the British capital.

The fire brigade stated “round 120 firefighters “and 20 fireplace engines were concerned in tackling the fireplace at the roof of the 12-storey resort in Knightsbridge, a luxurious vicinity of central London wherein Harrods department keep is also placed.

The fireplace carrier said the blaze was “producing a variety of smoke” and changed into “very visible” and its motive “is not recognised at this stage”.

Firefighters have been referred to as to the hearth at 1455 GMT.

“we are conscious that there is a fireplace at Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park, London, and that the fireplace brigade is at the hotel,” a hotel spokesman said.

“because the state of affairs remains unfolding, we have no further info to share right now, however will provide an replace soon”.

The 5-big name inn finished what it known as the “most massive recuperation in its one hundred fifteen-12 months history” handiest ultimate week, after nearly two years of labor.

Roads have been closed off at Scotch corner and Hyde Park nook, busy junctions close to the hotel - an Edwardian-fashion building that opened its doorways in 1902 and changed into offered by way of Mandarin Oriental in 1996. The hotel has 198 rooms and suites.

shipping for London, which manages the city’s public delivery device, said an entrance to Knightsbridge Underground station were closed “on the request of the emergency services”.

Anna Whiteley, a television presenter, tweeted that she changed into evacuated from the resort.

“simply evacuated Mandarin Oriental resort to look this... genuinely loopy! So impressed by the company in bringing absolutely everyone to safety,” she wrote on Twitter.

The London Ambulance provider had sent “some of assets” to the scene of the incident.