Flooding due to heavy rain in London on Wednesday (August 26) led to a busy afternoon for London's firefighters on one of the wettest days of the year.

Between 1.30pm and 4.30pm, London Fire Brigade (LFB) control officers received more than 110 flood-related calls.

Incidents included several properties flooded on one road in Harrow, a person trapped with a newborn baby in Harrow and a person trapped in a basement flat in Dalston.

We asked for LFB for more information about these incidents in Harrow but they were not available.

Heathrow Airport experienced delays, with surrounding roads and airport buildings waterlogged.

In one three hour period they dealt with more than 400 calls in total – more than they would typically receive an an average day.

The highest volume of calls reportedly came from concerned people in north London, including calls to people trapped in cars and underpasses.

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A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “Control staff did a tremendous job at taking such a huge number of calls in a short amount of time.

“They were able to keep anyone distressed calm and dispatch firefighters to incidents as quickly as possible.”

London Fire Brigade has a range of equipment which can be used to help rescue people trapped by flood water, pump water away and protect properties.

The Brigade has 14 fire rescue units, some of which are equipped with water rescue equipment such as inflatable rescue boats.

Firefighters also have a number of high volume pumps stationed at strategic locations across the capital. These can be used to pump large amounts of water away from flooded areas.