COPS are hunting a ULA-bomber after a giant explosion took out a ULEZ camera.
Bomb squads were called following the massive blast at 7pm on Wednesday – which sent giant projectiles into people’s homes.
The controversial camera was erected on Willersley Avenue in Sidcup, South LondonDalan Ismet
Dalan IsmetBomb squads were called following the massive blast at 7pm on Wednesday[/caption]
A transformer box was lodged into a van whilst another neighbour’s garden wall was wiped out by the explosion.
The controversial camera was erected on Willersley Avenue in Sidcup, South London, earlier that day and hacked down by anti-ULEZ protesters within hours.
It lay propped up against a transformer box for hours with sparks flying from it.
When the camera finally blew up, the transformer box beneath it was uprooted and sent into construction manager Dalan Ismet’s van on the other side of the road.
Once the box was dislodged, the black Citroen Relay was left with a massive hole the size of an office desk in it.
Dad-of-two Dalan, 32, said had it not been for his van, the box would have gone straight through his living room window.
He said: “I was in the bedroom at the time. I thought it was a bomb or a gas explosion.
“I’ve never heard anything like that from an electrical fault.”
“Thank god my van was in the way – otherwise it would have gone straight through my living room window.”
One neighbour’s garden wall was also destroyed by shrapnel whilst another had their window shattered.
Another witness told how a bus was passing by at the time of the blast and narrowly avoided being hit by debris.
By nighttime, dozens of Met Police units had been called to the scene whilst hundreds of puzzled residents lined the street.
Residents as far away as Danson Park – more than two miles away in Bexleyheath – even reported hearing the deafening blast.
Earlier that day anti-ULEZ protesters had reportedly taken down the box with an angle grinder.
It is unclear whether the blast was a delayed response to the camera being cut down or if protesters had returned with explosives to finish the job.
But locals have pointed the finger at London Mayor Sadiq Khan for inviting the carnage onto their doorsteps.
Dalan said: “I didn’t want to have the camera right outside my house in the first place – they didn’t ask us.
“We thought something like this would happen – but certainly not this quickly.
“Now we have this chaos literally on our doorstep.”
Anti-ULEZ protesters – known as ‘Blade Runners’ have vowed to take down all of the cameras put up in London’s outer boroughs in recent months.
Dalan – who has two children aged four and one – added: “My car is ULEZ compliant but I was never for it – I always thought it was a tax on the poor.
“But if somebody has caused it to blow up, that’s not acceptable either.
“I’ve got two kids and they could have been seriously hurt.”
The Metropolitan Police have been approached for comment.
Residents as far away as Danson Park – more than two miles away in Bexleyheath – even reported hearing the deafening blasDalan Ismet
Joe JefferyLocals have pointed the finger at London Mayor Sadiq Khan for inviting the carnage onto their doorsteps[/caption]
Joe JefferyEarlier on Wednesday anti-ULEZ protesters had reportedly taken down the box with an angle grinder[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
