On Sunday evening, Londoners witnessed a huge plume of smoke, that could be seen for miles across London as firefighters tackled a blaze at a garden centre near Heathrow Airport.
Over 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines were fighting to extinguish the fire in West Drayton which began just before 4.30pm.
The tower of smoke could be seen billowing above the M4 motorway after the fire broke out at Ansells Garden Centre on Holloway Lane.
Most of the two-storey building over 6 acres was destroyed as the fire was only brought under control just before 10pm, five hours after the London Fire Brigade was first called.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: "Around 100 firefighters are tackling a fire at a garden centre on Holloway Lane in West Drayton. Most of the two storey garden centre is alight and crews have put a 100 metre safety cordon around the incident.
"Around 20 people left the centre before the Brigade arrived and there are no reports of any injuries."
The Ansells Garden centre is owned by Paresh Raithatha and Dilip Raithatha. Paresh told Asian Voice, “The community has come forward to help us a lot. We are very grateful to them. The Fire-fighters have helped us too, so a big thank you to them.
“The fire has caused a lot of damage to the centre that we have been running since 2004.”
