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London's blackout: Underground fire in West End leaves 5,000 homes and businesses in darkness
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London's blackout: Underground fire in West End leaves 5,000 homes and businesses in darkness
2,000 workers fled offices in Holborn after thick black smoke was seenbillowing up from manhole cover
Onlookers reported 'struggling to breathe' and 'chaos' in area as they waited on street and traffic built up
West End shows including The Lion King and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were cancelled last night
Blaze caused by 'faulty electrical cables underground', sending smoke into the air - engulfing buildings
By Mark Duell and Gemma Mullin and Stephanie Linning for MailOnline and Harriet Sime for the Daily Mail
Published: 10:57 EDT, 1 April 2015 | Updated: 04:16 EDT, 2 April 2015
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Some 5,000 homes and businesses in central London were left without electricity last night after an underground fire caused a huge power cut. Phone lines went down, thousands of workers fled their offices and High Court judges were evacuated when the fierce blaze broke out yesterday. Firefighters were called to Holborn in the West End after thick black smoke was seen billowing up from a manhole cover shortly after midday. Onlookers reported ‘struggling to breathe’ and ‘chaos’ in the area as those evacuated waited on the street and traffic began to pile up. West End shows including The Lion King, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Play That Goes Wrong were cancelled last night. Scroll down for videos
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