Elephant and Castle: 100 firefighters tackle south London blaze

One person taken to hospital and hundreds evacuated after fire and explosion near tube station

Hundreds of residents were evacuated and one person was taken to hospital after a large blaze in south London, which sent a fireball and black smoke billowing into the air.

Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters were called to the incident, which began at a car repair garage below Elephant and Castle station shortly before 1.45pm on Monday.