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Moment house explosion nearly takes out London bus

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A London bus had a lucky miss when a house exploded just as it approached this afternoon.

The blast blew off the roof and sent glass and bricks flying across Ley Street in Ilford, east London, as a bus and cars were driving down.

In footage posted on the Instagram page ‘ig1ig3’, one pedestrian was seen running to avoid the spray of debris from shattered windows.

The entire first floor and loft conversion of the property were engulfed in flames at its height.

Firefighters were seen spraying water onto its roof even two hours after the alarm was first raised at 4.09pm.

By then, flames could still be seen rising as smoke billowed out.

In total, eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters responded to the fire, which was under control by 6.23pm.

Pictures from the scene showed the bus stranded on the street while firefighters tackled the blaze.

The cause of the fire is not yet know.

Firefighters douse the house with water after the explosion (Picture: UKNIP)
London Fire Brigade @LondonFire Part of the loft conversion remains alight in #Ilford. Ley Street is closed between Eastern Avenue and Vicarage Road, so please avoid the area if you can. A 32-metre turntable ladders is being used as a water tower to help fight the fire from above.
The entire front of the upper floor has been blown out, leaving debris scattered on the cars and street below (Picture: London Fire Brigade)

The loft conversion is part of a terraced house that’s been converted into flats.

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Station commander Darren McTernan, who is at the scene, said: ‘Firefighters worked hard to bring this fire under control. Crews will remain on scene throughout the evening.

‘Ley Street remains closed between Eastern Avenue and Vicarage Road, impacting traffic in the surrounding area, so please continue to avoid the area if you can.

‘One of the Brigade’s 32-metre turntable ladders was used at the scene as a water tower to help fight the fire from above.

‘The Brigade’s drone team were also deployed to the incident, offering the Incident Commander an aerial view of the scene.’

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