article_snippet.sent: More than 2,000 office workers had to be evacuated yesterday due to the fire in Holborn which apparently started in a tunnel carrying electrical cables, causing flames to erupt from the pavement and filling the area with smoke.
article_snippet.sent: The scene in Holborn today, where a fire has been raging for more than 24 hours .
article_snippet.sent: Plume: Flames rose up from the street in the deserted part of central London today .
article_snippet.sent: The cause of the incident is being investigated.'
article_snippet.sent: This has been a technically difficult incident to tackle,' Peter Cowup of London Fire Brigade said. '
article_snippet.sent: Peter Cowup of London Fire Brigade said the blaze was 'a technically difficult incident to tackle' Deserted: the surrounding area was emptied of workers and shoppers thanks to the disruption .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, in February last year, 50 people were evacuated from a street in north London after a pavement burst into flames.
article_snippet.sent: And in April 2013, a fireball burst from a pavement in Pimlico Road, central London, narrowly missing a passer-by standing yards away.
article_snippet.sent: Scene: These file photos show tunnels under Holborn near to where a lorry catching fire broke out .
article_snippet.sent: More than 2,000 workers were forced to flee More than 2,000 workers central London workplaces .
article_snippet.sent: Gillian Perham, 54, lives near a lorry catching fire and said there had been similar incidents in recent years. '