Rupert Street Fire 1

I took Tuesday off to meet Paul ~khalil in town, his last day in London before jetting off back to Cape Town. Arriving at Piccadilly Circus by tube I was in two minds whether to change lines and take the tube to Covent Garden (where I was meeting Paul) or hit street level and walk. Fortunately sanity prevailed and I decided to walk. Strolling up Shaftesbury Avenue, I glanced up Rupert Street to my left and saw this building gushing smoke and the road closed off and full of fire trucks and firemen.

Rupert Street, Soho, London, 29 October 2002
Canon EOS 300, Fuji Neopan 400, scanned neg