And St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington is treating 10 people, two of which are in a critical condition.

Three of St Mary’s patients have been transferred to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s specialist burns unit, bringing the number there to four.

A spokeswoman for Chelsea and Westminster said they were being assessed by a team of plastic surgeons.

That’s a little disturbing. Paddington was “our” station and St Mary’s was just up the street from the Indian restaurant (Indus Delta) where we had our first dinner in London… when we felt we’d been welcomed by the city, and were totally ready to succumb to its grubby charms.

That was also the morning when we had our first taste of Fuller‘s. It goes without saying that last night on my way home I had to stop at Binny’s Bevvy Depot for some London Pride.