A resident in Clerkenwell, London was woken up to the smell of burning this morning (July 15) as a local shop caught fire.<br /><br />Footage shows a dense cloud of smoke weaving through the streets of the neighbourhood.<br /><br />The fire started in a shop on Back Hill, where 12 fire engines were deployed.<br /><br />The witness told Newsflare: "I was sleeping when I woke up smelling [a] burning smell.<br /><br />"I thought it was my phone charger then I heard shouting from the neighbours instantly run outside to see the whole of my housing estate fumed with smoke.<br /><br />"It was so bad you couldn’t see anything and that was the beginning stage of the fire and we were about 600 yards away from the actual fire.<br /><br />"Literally the whole Faringdon EC1 postcode area was wiped with smoke.<br /><br />"I then went back in the house put my shoes on then ran towards the fire and took out my camera.<br /><br />"The police and the neighbour told me it was the bookshop newsagent, which sells local things and the smell of plastic was unbearable. Everyone was coughing."
