Electric rickshaw destroyed after bursting into flames near Buckingham Palace

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Greg Double, who saw the fire, said he heard ‘popping sounds’ and the flames were about four feet high.

An electric rickshaw was “totally destroyed” after it caught fire near Buckingham Palace on Saturday.

Firefighters from Lambeth Fire Station were called to reports of a fire on Buckingham Gate at 12.44pm and the road was closed. He told the PA news agency: “When we got to the corner of Buckingham Gate there was a fire on the pavement – it got to about four feet high and was making popping sounds.He added: “Given the location, a few people were speculating about it being terrorism or some form of protest, but it just looked like a bike on fire to me.

 

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