article_snippet: Black smoke and flames could be seen for miles after a blaze broke out out at the Battersea Arts Centre in south London south London at just after 4.15pm yesterday .
article_snippet: Nicholas Bennett, a magistrate at nearby Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court, said yesterday that black smoke had been 'everywhere, engulfing the  area.'
article_snippet: Billowing black smoke could be seen for miles from the fire Battersea Arts Centre as Fire took hold, which needed almost 60 firefighters to try and tackle it .
article_snippet: Hazy: Smoke has filled the surrounding streets to Battersea Arts Centre after a major fire began at the theatre earlier this afternoon .