By Community Correspondent Sandhya Jonnalagadda
More than 50 fire-fighters and 10 fire engines were called to the blazing fire in a Hounslow scrap yard.
The fire engines first arrived at 4.22pm, on Thursday, when it was first reported, and took more than 4 hours to get the blaze under control.
It was thought to have started when seething heat caused a gas cylinder to explode, which ignited the tyres in the scrap yard.
Ten engines from Heathrow, Feltham, Heston, Hillingdon, New Malden and Richmond were called to the yard,
The blaze caused major traffic delays in all directions in the area.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: "Over 100 scrapped cars and a disused diesel tank were damaged in the fire and several gas cylinders were cooled or removed from the blaze."
Phil Watkins, watch manager at Feltham fire station said: "We believe it is the tires in the scrap yard that have set on fire. Tyre Fires are extremely hard to extinguish. You find this happens when it gets very hot, the canisters have the potential to explode." By Community Correspondent Sandhya Jonnalagadda
More than 50 fire-fighters and 10 fire engines were called to the blazing fire in a Hounslow scrap yard.
The fire engines first arrived at 4.22pm, on Thursday, when it was first reported, and took more than 4 hours to get the blaze under control.
It was thought to have started when seething heat caused a gas cylinder to explode, which ignited the tyres in the scrap yard.
Ten engines from Heathrow, Feltham, Heston, Hillingdon, New Malden and Richmond were called to the yard,
The blaze caused major traffic delays in all directions in the area.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: "Over 100 scrapped cars and a disused diesel tank were damaged in the fire and several gas cylinders were cooled or removed from the blaze."
Phil Watkins, watch manager at Feltham fire station said: "We believe it is the tires in the scrap yard that have set on fire. Tyre Fires are extremely hard to extinguish. You find this happens when it gets very hot, the canisters have the potential to explode."
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