{"id":51311,"date":"2014-06-05T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=51311"},"modified":"2014-06-05T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:30:24","slug":"fire-in-the-londons-newest-skyscraper-the-shard-uk-breaking-news-51311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/fire-in-the-londons-newest-skyscraper-the-shard-uk-breaking-news-51311\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire in the London’s newest skyscraper The Shard \/ UK Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Workers at London new skyscraper The Shard have been evacuated as firefighters investigate reports of smoke.<\/h1>\n

A tweet from @TheShardLondon said: “Emergency services are responding to a fire alarm at The Shard.<\/p>\n

“Evacuation procedures have been followed & we are ready to assist as needed.”<\/p>\n

The London Fire Brigade said there was no evidence of a fire in the building.<\/p>\n

The Shard, near London Bridge, is the tallest building in Western Europe at 1,004ft.<\/p>\n

A fire brigade spokesman said: “Firefighters are investigating reports of smoke in the basement of the Shard. There is no suggestion at this stage that there is a fire.<\/p>\n

“As a precaution the building is being evacuated.<\/p>\n

“No injuries have been reported.”<\/p>\n

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In a statement the Metropolitan Police said: “Police were called at 11:09hrs on Thursday 5 June to The Shard, St Thomas Street, SE1 after London Fire Brigade were called to reports of a fire at the premises.<\/p>\n

“Police, London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service attended the fire which is beleived to be in the basement of The Shard.<\/p>\n

“A full evacuation is now underway.<\/p>\n

“No reported injuries at this time. No arrests. Enquries re cause of fire are ongoing.”<\/p>\n

Sam Bradley, who works for the Foresight Group on the 17th floor, said workers were told to evacuate the building by a message over the tannoy system.<\/p>\n

He said: “It was all really well organised. We had four or five marshals who made sure everyone was calmly removed from the building.<\/p>\n

“We have been told and trained how to get out of the building and so everyone was very calm.<\/p>\n

“Everyone knew what was going on and what to do.”<\/p>\n

Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, the 87-storey skyscraper was begun in 2009 and topped out in 2012.<\/p>\n

It replaced the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt as the tallest building in the EU and replaced Canary Wharf as the tallest in the UK.<\/p>\n

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