Hundreds of shoppers at Westfield shopping centre in Stratford have been evacuated after a fire broke out this morning.
Around 60 firefighters are at the scene near the Olympic Park in east London, with pictures online showing smoke filling the concourse.
Sharing photos of the evacuation online, one woman wrote that she had been to the cinema to see the new Bond film No Time to Die.
‘Well Sunday morning at the cinema isn’t going as planned,’ she captioned the images.
Another witness, who shared a photo of smoke in the shopping centre, wrote: ‘That’s not that small of a fire…’
A Met Police spokesperson tweeted: ‘We are supporting LondonFire with evacuation of the #Westfield Shopping Centre in #Stratford following reports of a fire.’
A spokesperson for London Fire Brigade said: ‘Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters have been called to a small fire within a retail unit in a shopping centre on Montifichet Road in #Stratford.’
They added later: ‘Firefighters remain at the scene of a small fire within a shop on the first floor of a shopping centre in #Stratford.
‘The shopping centre has been evacuated and no injuries have been reported.’
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