A series of 'absolutely massive' explosions rocked London last Saturday afternoon. Plumes of black smoke billowed over shops near Kenton Station in Harrow this afternoon after a lorry caught fire.
Andrzej Bania, 53, started filming after hearing the first of four explosions at around 1pm on Saturday. Speaking to the Daily Mail he described hearing an 'absolutely massive' blast which 'shook the windows' and is interrupted by two further blasts in the four-minute video.
London Fire Brigade confirmed they were called to the incident, which is now under control, and confirmed the explosions were caused by a lorry fire.
Mr Bania said: 'I was in my living room having a chat with a friend of mine and my daughter says, "Quick, quick," she had seen what was happening outside. We went to the window at the back and loads of thick back smoke was pluming up. As I started filming a second blast went off and then a third one went off. It was really loud. The police emptied the street out and the traffic has been directed away. It's literally a ghost town now.'
In the video, he says: 'There has been an explosion just of Kenton Road near Kenton Station - absolutely massive. The fire brigade are going in. There is a column of smoke going high high high up into the sky.’
London Fire Brigade said there was no record of any injuries, adding: 'We were called at 12.57 and the incident was over for us at 13.48. It was a lorry which was gutted by fire and the adjacent property windows were damaged by it. We had three fire engines at the scene.'
Harrow Borough Police confirmed the cause of the fire was an electrical fault and the road closures have been lifted.
