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.
How old are you?
Good name for it---Idiots on Parade Day...
Wait until Sunday---whoa, baby, it could be the all time biggest Idiots on Parade, Sunday.
Timmy Russert wasn't there last week, so he has a lot of Bush bashing to get out of his system...
Sorry, hysteria is a female word. I don't do hysteria.
Oh you have that right, the idiots will be stampeding to get their big liberal beaks on TV!
Thank you so very much...I bookmarked it! You have been very helpful.
I didn't find FR until last year, darn it....I have missed so much. I am just glad to have finally made it to this wonderful website, with terrific helpful freepers like you..
Thanks again!
Found somebody new to patronize, have you?
Why do you want to know how old I am?
Just "cruised" by AirAmerica for a second and the talk show host said that his first thought this morning when he heard the news about London was...
"What has the Bush Crime Family been up to now?"---no kidding.
He said they (the "Family") did this because Tony Blair was threatening to bring home some of the troops from Iraq, so Bush had to do SOMETHING to convince Blair to keep them there.
... because you sound like a fool.
Does your mommy and daddy know that you are playing with the computer again?
I said words won't defeat islamowackos, not that they would have no effect. In a real war Durbin would have committed treason and we could hang him. I didn't evade your question.
Using our Judeo-Christian logic on them has no effect since they do not accept Judeo-Christian ethics, morals, etc.. But their actions are consistent and logical based on what they do accept, a culture of death and cheapness of life.
Understood, but without GB the political pressures could have been so great that nothing might have been done.
It is just a warm and fuzzy thought to remind both the American and UK people that it is so GRAND that Tony And George "W" were in place to lead us in war time.
Any thoughts about the weak "alternative" possible occupiers of those govt. leadership jobs is too terrible to contemplate.
No, I snuck it out tonight.
Liberalism really must be an illness a mental Illness, that is just so ridiculous I don't know how to counter it.
Jealous!
I still love 'ya!
HONEST I am. ;)
I don't doubt it---you are a trouble maker, aren't you?
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