London music venue KOKO is on fire
London’s KOKO club is ablaze, Getintothis’ Peter Guy reports on the fire currently being tackled in Camden.
London music venue KOKO is on fire with eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters attempting to save it.
The prominent Camden music venue has flames billowing out of its roof.
A third of the nightclub’s roof was alight as firefighters tried to save the rest of the venue.
The brigade said 30% of the roof was alight and it was “working hard” to save the rest of the building.
It also warned people to stay away from the area. No injuries have been reported.
In previous incarnations the venue was known as The Music Machine and Camden Palace and since relaunching in 2004 as KOKO has hosted album launches from Coldplay and Madonna.
While also holding live performances from Prince, Kanye West, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Amy Winehouse, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Skepta, and so many more.
Oliver Cooper, a Conservative councillor who witnessed the fire, said the blaze was “under control and now being pushed back“.
The former theatre is covered in scaffolding as part of a renovation.
Georgia Gould, a Labour councillor in the Kentish Town ward and the leader of Camden borough council, tweeted images of the burning building.
Heartbreaking watching the Camden Palace / Koko up in flames this evening, a building that holds so many memories and means so much to us in Camden. Incredible how quickly @LondonFire got under control, we owe them so much for their swift and courageous response pic.twitter.com/tLPS5cLwnN
— Georgia Gould (@Georgia_Gould) January 6, 2020
There’s a fire at legendary music venue Koko in Camden Town, with smoke billowing out from inside. Three fire engines and dozens of firefighters currently on site. pic.twitter.com/orCK0kP9cY
— Oliver Cooper (@OliverCooper) January 6, 2020
The iconic KOKO club in London currently on fire #koko #camden #fire pic.twitter.com/lUT77cDFLI
— Jiannis Georgiadis (@jgeorgiad) January 6, 2020
BREAKING: The Koko music venue on #Camden High Street, north-west London is ablaze.
The venue was undergoing a major transformation and was due to re-open in the spring this year.
Video: @Ic_ibz pic.twitter.com/p8ScPOAnfw
— London 999 Feed (@999London) January 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/Scott_RebNoise/status/1214298645526437888
More on this story as it develops.
UPDATE:
The suggestion is the fire is now under control.
Twitter user, Jiannis Georgiadis, who saw the fire unfold, told Getintothis: “The fire trucks are still throwing water on the building but the big fire is out and the firemen are having a well deserved break. Everyone seems to be OK.
Here’s the latest tweets.
We were called at 20:56 to a fire at a #Camden nightclub under refurbishment. 30% of the roof is alight. Firefighters working hard to save the rest of the building. Please avoid the area if possible https://t.co/ARvemtJ1Er
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) January 6, 2020
Firefighters working hard to save iconic #Camden nightclub. Operations continue to bring the blaze fully under control https://t.co/PkzjrSqAy6 pic.twitter.com/MvGNZGE9PU
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) January 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/jgeorgiad/status/1214335956880384001
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