British online supermarket and technology company Ocado said a small fire was reported at its customer fulfilment centre in Erith on Wednesday evening.
The London Fire Brigade attended to it and the fire has been extinguished, Ocado said in a statement on Thursday.
The incident comes months after a fire hit Ocado's flagship robotic distribution centre in Andover in southern England.
The Andover fire, at a flagship robotic warehouse for the group, led Ocado to announce a profit warning at the time. Prior to the blaze the Andover centre was providing about 10% of Ocado's UK capacity.
In July, Ocado reported a 46% fall in first-half core earnings, citing both the Andover fire as well as accounting changes and the cost of share schemes.
News by Reuters, edited by ESM. Click subscribe to sign up to ESM: European Supermarket Magazine.
