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Posted on 07/07/2005 1:45:13 AM PDT by RWR8189
There has been an explosion at Aldgate East underground station in London, causing the closure of the entire Tube network.
There are also reports that a second incident took place at Edgware Road station in north west London.
The Aldgate East blast was caused by "some kind of power surge", according to Tube infrastructure company Metronet, which is responsible for maintaining the Metropolitan line.
A spokesman said: "We don't know the extent of the problem yet."
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We have just sent some resources out to the scene."
British Transport Police confirmed that 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.
"All we know at the moment is that staff reported a loud bang at 8.49am. No one is sure what caused an explosion, but it is thought it could have been a collision, a power cut, or a power cable problem."
One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from Kings 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 Kings Cross covered in soot.
Thank God. Thanks for letting us know, too, PR!
The Mayor of London's statement was VERY good!
He has either had a complete change because of this, or he is a good actor, acting like a Rudy Guiliani!
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Agree with you! However, his remarks and our reception of them may help explain why some people can continue to rely on the words of politicians who we consider to be serial liars - some times they do say the right things.
21 confirmed fatalities at Kings Cross..
What are UXB's
dang, everyone I know has come or lives in Dothan. :)
21 confirmed dead at King's Cross. No warning and no claims received by police.
unexploded devices.
ty .. . What are they saying ?
"The other thing we need to do is get off Middle Eastern oil all together. This could possibly be done, in part, by investing in algae pond facilities, which produce biodiesel".
"And the other part is to give up our addiction to gas guzzling SUVs".
Agree with both points. We need to collapse the Arab economy. They only have oil.
Unexploded bombs...
Mike
As steveegg confirmed, they were indeed prison camps. I was in error when I wrote "aka internment camps".
UneXploded Bombs, I think.
News conference by emergency services.
Explosion 100yards into tunnel at Aldgate 7 confirmed dead.
At King's Cross 21 confirmed dead.
9.17 Edgeware road explosion 5 fatalities
Explosion on bus, can't confirm numbers of fatalities.
No warning given, no claims of responsibilities made to police.
Thanks. I'll go turn on the TV.
Exactly these muslim "religious" leaders are nothing more then hate mongers. Just like Nazi brownshirted trash. Confiscate their property, deport all non-citizens if ANY link is found. Atteneded mosque that had AQ propaganda? LINK, next cargo plain to the place of origin.
overground stations will be closed for a while due to bomb threats. Many bomb scares going on in London at the moment.
Michael81Dus~ Maybe fireworks to celebrate the 2012 Olympics in London? Or a special welcome for the G8-leaders? Ok ok, it ain´t funny at all! I pray that there won´t be deads.
IMHO, Welcoming the G8 leaders, IOW, "It's Bush's fault"...
21 dead so far.
Damm them all. Damm them all to hell.
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