London Skyscraper Blamed For Melting Bicycles

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 ?Burning plastic smell?: The car was said to have been in the ray for just an hour but the panels were buckled

Business owners and motorists today hit out at developers of a new skyscraper which they blame for starting fires and causing damage by reflecting the sun?s rays.

The half-finished 37-storey tower in central London has been dubbed the ?Walkie Scorchie? due to its distinctive shape and apparent ability to bounce heat from the sun onto buildings in the next street.

Angry business owners in Eastcheap say the ?200 million project has blistered paintwork, caused tiles to smash and singe fabric. A motorist has also said the intense heat melted part of his Jaguar.

One shopkeeper said the glare caused his doormat to start smoking and damaged a lemon, another said it blistered paint ? and one journalist even managed to fry an egg with the startlingly bright rays.

Glare: People walk past bicycles in Eastcheap in the City of London, feeling the heat from the Walkie Talkie

Developers called the problem with the building at 20 Fenchurch Street ?a phenomenon? and said they are ?looking into the matter as a priority?. Cyclists have also reported scorched bicycle seats.

Ali Akay, of Re Style barber?s, said the position of the sun at a certain time of the day caused a searing bolt of sunlight to start a small fire and burn a hole in his company doormat.

He said: ?We were working and just saw the smoke coming out of the carpet. We tried to cut the fire down, there were customers in at the time and they were obviously not happy.

?Customers are not going to come in if there is a fire in the front of the door.?

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