Three fire engines and around 15 firefighters were called to an electrical fire on a train track near Queens Road Peckham station.
A half metre section of the railway track was completely destroyed by fire. Around 65 passengers were evacuated from Queens Road Peckham railway station and the Windrush overground line was suspended for several hours. There are no reports of any injuries.
Trains were temporarily stopped in both directions and the power on the tracks was isolated to allow fire crews to gain access to the track. Crews accessed the business unit in the arches underneath the track to confirm there was no fire spread.
At the height of the fire the Brigade's Control officers received around 90 calls alerting them to the fire. The first call came at 2049 and the fire was extinguished by 2330. Fire crews from Greenwich, New Cross and Old Kent Road fire stations attended the scene.
The cause of the fire is believed to be due to an electrical event between the conductor rail and running rails.