Have YOU been affected by transport delays in London? Email gethin.hicks@dailymail.co.ukGet your news delivered straight to you - sign up to the Morning Mail newsletter for FREE to be first with the day's biggest stories See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy GETHIN HICKS, REPORTER Published: 19:52 BST, 24 May 2026 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 24 May 2026
An enormous fire near a station in Hackney has sparked rail chaos across London with tube services and overground lines cancelled and disrupted. Video footage posted to social media shows plumes of smoke billowing into the air over an aggressive fire near Hackney Downs Station on Sunday evening. Eight fire engines and 60 firefighters rushed from stations across north and east London to fight the blaze, which erupted at around 6pm in a residential building called Cottrill Gardens.A static caravan and two cars were set alight, the London Fire Brigade said, as well as part of a grass embankment. The incident has seen Transport for London suspend two rail lines running through Hackney while crews work to tame the fire. Severe delays have been reported along the entirety of the Mildmay Line, with no service between Stratford and Gospel Oak, while the Weaver Line is operating with extreme disruption after being temporarily out of action.All lines out of one of the capital's busiest stations, Liverpool Street, have also been disrupted. Holidaymakers travelling to Stansted Airport from the central London hub have been warned that their journeys could be cancelled, delayed or revised. The Greater Anglia service from Liverpool Street to Audley End is also affected, as is the station's service north to Enfield Town. Dozens of firefighters are tackling an enormous blaze near Hackney Downs Station in east London Video footage posted to social media shows dark smoke billowing into the air over an aggressive fire near Hackney Downs Station on Sunday evening
