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| Lumiere London Festival: Installations switched off due to crowds | Lumiere London Festival: Installations switched off due to crowds |
| (about 11 hours later) | |
| Installations were temporarily switched off and Kings Cross Station was evacuated because of overcrowding at the Lumiere London Festival. | |
| Visitors to the free event on Saturday were told to check social media before visiting on Sunday evening. | |
| The organiser, Artichoke, and the Met Police sent tweets on Saturday asking people to come on Sunday instead. | The organiser, Artichoke, and the Met Police sent tweets on Saturday asking people to come on Sunday instead. |
| It is the first time the festival of lights, featuring installations from 30 artists, has been held in London. | It is the first time the festival of lights, featuring installations from 30 artists, has been held in London. |
| 'We couldn't move' | |
| BBC reporter Fiona McKinnon became trapped in a crowd at King's Boulevard at around 20:00 GMT on Saturday night. | |
| She said: "It was scary and potentially very dangerous. | |
| "We couldn't move for over half an hour and saw no lights to boot. There was no help offered to us and a clear lack of marshalling." | |
| Helen Marriage, event organiser for Lumiere London, said it had been "very, very busy" on Saturday night, particularly around Kings Cross and Piccadilly Circus. | |
| She said; "We work very closely with our crowd management experts and the Met and our contingency plans were put into place when the crowd got larger." | |
| She said she was "delighted" that so many people had come to the event. | |
| The illuminated art has been placed in locations around the city including Piccadilly, Mayfair, King's Cross, Trafalgar Square and Westminster. | The illuminated art has been placed in locations around the city including Piccadilly, Mayfair, King's Cross, Trafalgar Square and Westminster. |
| It was lit up for a second night from 18:30 GMT to 22:30. | |
| Advice on the festival will be tweeted using the hashtag #LumiereLDN. | Advice on the festival will be tweeted using the hashtag #LumiereLDN. |