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London's Charing Cross station closed after fire on train | London's Charing Cross station closed after fire on train |
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Charing Cross station in central London was closed for about two hours following a fire on a train. | |
The blaze, thought to have been caused by an electrical fault, broke out in a carriage on platform six. | The blaze, thought to have been caused by an electrical fault, broke out in a carriage on platform six. |
Passengers described panic at the scene, with some saying they had assumed it was a bomb. | |
However, no-one was hurt and police said there were no suspicious circumstances. The station reopened at about 13:30 GMT. | |
Eileen Harris, 60, who was on the train, said: "Suddenly the doors burst open and a woman ran through shouting there's a bomb on the train, everybody get off. | |
"We ran away towards the opposite end of the station because I thought that if there was a bomb, they'd probably take out the concourse. | |
"But the staff kept saying to us come back in and we really didn't want to come back through the station, because by then there was thick smoke." | |
Her son Daniel, 26, said: "There was fire and lots of thick smoke, so we assumed that there was a bomb ripping through the train. | |
"People were running through the train and my first thought was the reason they're running down the train is because they can't get off. | |
"No-one really knew what was going on." | |
Vincenzo Minore, who was a passenger on the train, said: "There was panic - you are sitting on a train and hear a blast and see a lot of lights and don't know what it was." | Vincenzo Minore, who was a passenger on the train, said: "There was panic - you are sitting on a train and hear a blast and see a lot of lights and don't know what it was." |
He said there were about 30 to 40 people on the platform at the time of the blast and it took a few seconds until people realised what was going on. | He said there were about 30 to 40 people on the platform at the time of the blast and it took a few seconds until people realised what was going on. |
The train affected was the 10.55 South Eastern Trains service to Robertsbridge, in Kent. | |
Trains were diverted to London Victoria or London Bridge. The Underground station was closed for about 15 minutes before reopening, Transport for London said. | |
Network Rail said disruption was likely to continue as a result of the fire. | |
Although the train station has reopened, platforms five and six remain closed. |