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EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 90 words · By Frederique Mauduit
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What to know about Video. Large fire breaks out at recycling centre in southeast London

A large fire broke out at a recycling centre in Deptford, southeast London, sending thick smoke into the sky as people gathered to watch.

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What happened

A large fire broke out at a recycling centre in Deptford, southeast London, sending thick smoke into the sky as people gathered to watch.

Why it matters

The London Fire Brigade said 15 fire engines and around 100 firefighters were working to extinguish the blaze.

Common ground

Footage shows firefighters spraying water onto the fire as smoke continues to rise above the area.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 2 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A large fire broke out at a recycling centre in Deptford, southeast London”
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Multiple independent sources confirm a large fire at a recycling/waste facility in Deptford, southeast London. This is reported by TikTok (Deptford recycling centre fire), Gazeta Express, and Express.co.uk.
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web search NEUTRAL — Deptford recycling centre fire: 100 firefighters tackle blaze.A large fire broke out at a recycling centre in Deptford, southeast London. The London Fire Brigade deployed 15 fire engines and around 10…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/london-fire-recycle-bit-depf…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bermondsey recycling centre in landman way British industrial estate caught fire firefighters still at the scene south east London. Another fire at the recycling centre #Fire #southeastlondon #bermond…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/what-happened-to-the-recycli…
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web search NEUTRAL — string(88) "large-fire-at-a-recycling-center-in-london-thick-smoke-blocks-rail-traffic".Immediately after the alarm, multiple fire crews were dispatched to the area from Deptford, Old Kent Road, Green…
https://www.gazetaexpress.com/en/Huge-fire-at-a-recycling-ce…
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Claim 2: “The London Fire Brigade said 15 fire engines and around 100 firefighters were working to extinguish the blaze”
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Three independent news sources (Express.co.uk, The Mirror, and Clacton and Manningtree) explicitly state that the London Fire Brigade deployed 15 fire engines and approximately 100 firefighters to the blaze in Deptford.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Great Fire of London occurred from Sunday 2 September to Wednesday 5 September 1666, gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. A total of 70 people died at…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 90), under the lea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade
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