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Caption: 250 firemen fight london rice warehouse blaze .
Engines from every one of the 60 stations in the LCC were called to a huge fire at St Georges ' s Wharf , a rice warehouse of Carbutt and Company , Ltd . in Shad thames , Bermondsey ,
An emergency call was made and every available appliance was sent .
About 250 men were concentrated on the outbreak . Firemen wore gas masks against the dense smoke from the rice , and a giant turntable water tower was brought into the operation .
It was feared that a wall would collapse .
Photo shows , water from the hose pipes cascading over the burning building .
1 April 1936

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