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People hurt in Tube 'power surge'
Passengers were evacuated from King's Cross station
Several people have been injured after explosions blamed on a power surge led to the whole London Underground network being closed down.
British Transport Police said some of the power surges had caused explosions.
Surges took place at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square stations.
A spokesman said there were "walking wounded" at Liverpool Street station but one person's life was reported to be "at risk".
I work as a station supervisor with the underground, my station is 5 miles from central london, my shift starts in just over 4 hours. Trying to catch up with the news now. More explosion coming in now!!! It's definately now thought to be terrorist attacks!!!!! Very worrying indeed!!!!
Originally posted by Simply_Black:
[qb] I work as a station supervisor with the underground, my station is 5 miles from central london, my shift starts in just over 4 hours. Trying to catch up with the news now. More explosion coming in now!!! It's definately now thought to be terrorist attacks!!!!! Very worrying indeed!!!! [/qb]
Originally posted by Simply_Black:
[qb] I work as a station supervisor with the underground, my station is 5 miles from central london, my shift starts in just over 4 hours. Trying to catch up with the news now. More explosion coming in now!!! It's definately now thought to be terrorist attacks!!!!! Very worrying indeed!!!! [/qb]
The leaders of the G8 nations met yesterday and the conference starts today, most of the security services are in Scotland for that reason. Could it be that the terrorists decided to launch this attack to clash with the conference and also due to the fact that there is less security about??!!
An explosion has "ripped a bus apart" just minutes after a number of blasts on London's Underground.
Scotland Yard has confirmed there has been an explosion on a bus in Tavistock Place. Union sources claim there have been reports of blasts on three different buses.
Witness Belinda Seabrook said she saw an explosion rip though a bus as it approached Russell Square.
"I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang. I turned round and half the double decker bus was in the air," she said.
Scotland Yard could not confirm reports of an explosion on a bus in Russell Square. A spokeswoman said police were at the scene and attempting to determine what had happened.
The entire Tube network has been shut down following the blasts at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square.
It is understood several people have been wounded in the underground blasts, with one unconfirmed eyewitness telling Sky News he saw "bodies on the line".
Blast happened at Aldgate
British Transport Police confirmed there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".
"It's chaos, with people trying to work out what has happened," said a spokesman.
One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from King's Cross when there was a huge flash.
The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.
He added people were milling around King's Cross covered in soot.
Clare Benson, 33, a city banker from Kensington, was on a tube at Edware Road where the second incident took place.
"I was in the last carriage at the back of the train nearest the tunnel when I heard a huge bang - you could feel it," she said.
"The lights went off for a couple of minutes and people were scared and wondering what to do.
"The drivers got out and were looking into the tunnel, then they announced that we should evacuate. My ears are still ringing and I was shaking."
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