Uk - London - Official measures heat from intense light hotspot from Walkie Talkie building

An anonymous official takes spot measurements of extreme heat from the Walkie-talkie building as Londoners experience the unexpected intensity of localised solar rays, reflected off the concave plate glass windows of one of the capital's newest skyscrapers. The hotspot has surprised developers and passers-by below and which has already melted a parked car and left soft street fittings smouldering in Eastcheap Street, City of London, the capital's financial district. Thermometers placed in the street reached 144F (62 celsius) and city workers poured out of their offices at lunchtime to witness the strange phenomena of intense, Biblical light and blistering heat.

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An anonymous official takes spot measurements of extreme heat from the Walkie-talkie building as Londoners experience the unexpected intensity of localised solar rays, reflected off the concave plate glass windows of one of the capital's newest skyscrapers. The hotspot has surprised developers and passers-by below and which has already melted a parked car and left soft street fittings smouldering in Eastcheap Street, City of London, the capital's financial district. Thermometers placed in the street reached 144F (62 celsius) and city workers poured out of their offices at lunchtime to witness the strange phenomena of intense, Biblical light and blistering heat.