[Eva]

What part of London, please? My son is in London.

[dakine]

Some casualties in "major incident"...scrolling on screen of CNBC Europe...must not be too big of news, no breaking away from $62 oil talk....

[Eva]

What time is it in London?

[Samwise]

bump

[Eva]

I see that the article says it was 8:49. I am thinking that my son's internship was over yesterday and that he probably was not on the tube, going to work.

[advance_copy]

CNN: People on the street saying five distinct explosions.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Wow...wasn't there another one awhile back, turned out to be some sort of gas explosion?

[HiTech RedNeck]

The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains.

Umbrellas... was it storming out? A lightning strike?

[monkapotamus]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161768,00.html

AP: Explosion on London Subway Line

Thursday, July 07, 2005

LONDON  — An explosion on a subway line — apparently caused by a power surge — injured several people in London's financial district Thursday morning, British Transport Police () said.

Metronet, a company that maintains the subway infrastructure, said the explosion was caused by a power surge.

London Underground () reported a second incident at another subway station in northeast London, but details weren't immediately available.

London Ambulance Service () said several vehicles had been dispatched to the area near Liverpool Street station, and police reported that several people were injured.

Several subway stations were closed following the incident.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161768,00.html

[cooper72]

I am in the UK - Edinburgh - at the moment and watching the news:

It is almost certainly not a terrorist incident, it seems to have been a massive power surge that caused an outage on the London tube - therefore causing some trains to collide.

[HiTech RedNeck]

What's going on over in Britain????

[ChadGore]

Thoughts and prayers to the families and loved ones.

[Cindy]

CROSSPOST:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1415532/posts?page=3175#3175

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1438133/posts


"BLAST AT CITY TUBE STATION (London)"
Sky News ^ | July 7, 2005

Posted on 07/07/2005 1:45:13 AM PDT by RWR8189

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "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."


3,175 posted on 07/07/2005 1:49:52 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4659093.stm

Last Updated: Thursday, 7 July, 2005, 08:48 GMT 09:48 UK

"Tube warning after 'bang' heard"

"Emergency services have been called to London's Liverpool Street Underground station after reports of an explosion.
The incident has caused major disruption to the entire network with stations across the capital closed."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One passenger, who had left the Tube at Fenchurch Street Station, and walked to Aldgate East, told BBC Five Live that he saw injured people.

"As I walked through the bus station I could see people lying on the ground, black, as if they'd been covered in smoke. There were about three or four people on the floor being treated.""


3,176 posted on 07/07/2005 1:54:09 AM PDT by Cindy
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Any updates?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4659093.stm

Last Updated: Thursday, 7 July, 2005, 08:48 GMT 09:48 UK

"Tube warning after 'bang' heard"

"Emergency services have been called to London's Liverpool Street Underground station after reports of an explosion.
The incident has caused major disruption to the entire network with stations across the capital closed."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One passenger, who had left the Tube at Fenchurch Street Station, and walked to Aldgate East, told BBC Five Live that he saw injured people.

"As I walked through the bus station I could see people lying on the ground, black, as if they'd been covered in smoke. There were about three or four people on the floor being treated.""

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3,177 posted on 07/07/2005 2:03:13 AM PDT by Cindy
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CBS radio news just said that there is a second subway, 4 miles away that had a blast 45 minutes after the first.

Someone said the first could be electrical, but the headline that I first saw and the radio said 'explosion', i can't open the site with the article.

Radio says there are deaths.


3,178 posted on 07/07/2005 2:05:19 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp Meet YOUR Communist party members in Congress)
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Thank you granny.


3,179 posted on 07/07/2005 2:07:49 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=ZX714927R&news_headline=tube_services_suspended_after_explosions

"Tube services suspended after explosions"

Thursday, 7th July 2005, 09:37

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Walking wounded rush hour commuters are being treated outside city underground stations following reports of an explosion between Liverpool Street and Aldgate East stations.

A spokesperson for the British Transport Police said: "There has been a major incident between Liverpool Street and Aldgate East.

"We've only got sketchy details and are just trying to get people off the train at the moment and the walking wounded treated. The emergency services are at the scene."


3,180 posted on 07/07/2005 2:10:25 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/PA_NEWA1788271120723947A00?source=PA%20Feed&ct=5

"Explosion' heard at station"
7 July 2005
"Several people have been injured after an incident on the London Underground."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We have just sent some resources out to the scene. We have sent a number of vehicles to Liverpool Street station."

BTP confirmed that there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".

"There are walking wounded, but that is as much as we know at the moment," said the spokesman.

He confirmed that the incident took place on the Metropolitan Line between Aldgate and Liverpool Street and said the line has been evacuated.

King's Cross, Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations have also been cleared."



3,181 posted on 07/07/2005 2:15:05 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/07/ublast.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/07/07/ixportaltop.html

"'Walking wounded' after blast on Underground"
(Filed: 07/07/2005)

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Several underground stations have been closed after the blasts between Liverpool Street and Aldgate which happened during rush hour.

Explosions, have occurred at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square, British Transport Police said.

There are "walking wounded" and paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".

"There are walking wounded, but that is as much as we know at the moment," said a BTP spokesman.

One witness who was on a train at Aldgate told Sky News: "People were screaming, we could not get out.

"There was so much dust, people were choking. I thought I was going to die of dust inhalation.

"One woman told us to get down. We got out of one of the doors that had busted open. There were bodies and pieces of train everywhere.

"There was a huge hole on the side of the carriage."

A Sky producer, who was at Russell Square, said an explosion "definitely happened above ground".

He described the top of a bus being "completely destroyed".

"There must be some considerable injuries," he added."


3,182 posted on 07/07/2005 2:22:36 AM PDT by Cindy
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[Northern Alliance]

This is where the rubber meets the road. Which way are they going to go? Either a real WAR ON TERROR or fear and appeasement.

[leadpenny]

MSNBC now getting a live report from London. Don't the the fella's name.

[Northern Alliance]

Nothing on Drudge yet - amazing...

Bit of tough spot for Blair as the G8 meeting can't really acoomplish much without him, but he'll have to come home, I think.

Fox reports 6/7 explosions on double decker buses and tube (subway). Mass transportation at a standstill. "Numerous casualities" according the gov't.

[Peach]

MSNBC: Double Decker Bus destroyed by blast.

[leadpenny]

Subway systems in NY and DC will no doubt be a nightmare this morning.

[Junior_G]

Are there any major television news feeds that can be accessed on the internet? None of the local Seattle stations are breaking for coverage.

[A Jovial Cad]

Looks like those filthy bastards have done it again! Hearing it now on FOX, and it's infuriating.

To our English friends & allies: you've stood with us through thick and thin, and now we stand with you. God bless all of you; I'll be praying for you. The worthless pieces of human filth responsible for this...I can't go on with what I'd like to see done to them. I'd get banned.