A garage, an outbuilding and two motorbikes were destroyed in the fire yesterday evening on The Hale
Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to a fire on The Hale in Highams Park yesterday evening (3rd June).
A garage, an outbuilding and two motorbikes were destroyed. A small part of the ground floor of two houses were also damaged by fire. There were no reports of any injuries and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said.
The LFB took the first of more than 60 calls to the fire at 8.47pm and used GoodSam to live stream incident footage from smartphone cameras to provide better situational awareness.
When a 999 call is received by the LFB, the caller may be asked if they would like to provide a live video stream of the scene using their smartphone. The control officer will send a text message with a secure, one-time-use link that opens a live stream direct from the phone to the control room.
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