Fire crews had to be called to a blaze inside the Olympic stadium on Wednesday morning.
The London Fire Brigade said it had been called after a vehicle caught fire inside the arena located in Stratford.
A spokeswoman said: ‘We were called at 7.03 to reports of a van on fire in the stadium. Security called us and there were no injuries.’
The spokeswoman confirmed the fire had been dealt with.
A number of Twitter users had posted photos of smoke billowing from the stadium to the social networking site early on Wednesday morning.
Twitter user 'GoonerChris1886' tweeted a photo of the stadium in the distance and said: 'It looks like black smoke coming from the Olympic Stadium,' while another tweeted: 'Black smoke coming from the Olympic stadium and the evacuation messages are on.'
A spokesperson for Olympic Park said the area was evacuated as a precaution but that everybody on site returned to work.
With Premier League side West Ham set to make the stadium their permanent home from the start of the 2016/17 season, Hammers chairman David Gold tweeted: 'There was a small fire at the Olympic Stadium this morning. Two vehicles caught fire, everything is now under control.'
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