Firefighters extinguish small fire on London Underground train – UPDATE
British firefighters said they had extinguished a small fire on an underground train at Oxford Circus station in the centre of London’s main shopping district on Friday, saying it had been caused by an electrical fault under the train.
UPDATE 2: “Firefighters dealt with a small fire on a train on the Bakerloo line at Oxford Circus,” London Fire Brigade said in a statement. “Four people were treated for smoke inhalation with two taken to hospital as a precaution.”
The station reopened following a brief closure, the city’s transport authority said.
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“The cause of the smoke was an electrical fault under one of the carriages, which resulted in a small fire that was quickly extinguished,” said Nigel Holness, London Underground’s director of network operations.
“Understandably this was a distressing incident for our customers, for which I give my sincere apologies.”
UPDATE 1: “We are continuing to investigate smoke issuing at platform level at #OxfordCircus tube station,” London Fire Brigade said on Twitter alongside a picture which showed smoke billowing out of the open doors of a train.
We’ve dealt with a small fire on an @bakerlooline train at #OxfordCircus. Station was evacuated https://t.co/BXV2atzLk2 © @halfwayfull6 pic.twitter.com/KGoewWdDai
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) August 11, 2017
We are continuing to investigate smoke issuing at platform level at #OxfordCircus tube station © @tomsinger pic.twitter.com/8UV1Dp1axW
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) August 11, 2017
Police said they had been called to the station after reports of a fire alert, but that they were not treating the incident as suspicious.
One commuter posted a picture on Twitter which showed passengers covering their mouths with jumpers and clothing in a smoky train carriage.
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“We have been called. We are investigating reports of a fire,” a spokeswoman for London Fire Brigade said. “We are investigating and we are at the scene.”
The station was closed while emergency services responded to the report, the city’s transport authority said. Police said they had been called to the station after reports of a fire alert.
Photo source: Twitter.com/ London Fire Brigade
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