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.
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.
I heard that on the radio. 650 kste 2pm PST news
DON'T START STUPID RUMOURS!
Prayers for your son and everyone else.
I fervently hope it was not bombs.
But, with it being rush hour, you just never know...
SKy News talking about the roof of a bus having been blown off, but cannot confirm it yet.
click on "watch bbc news in video" button.
Sky News also talking about a bus.
Absolute nonsense, it is a POWER SURGE!
You are up early. Did you fall asleep on the couch? :^)
I just talked to my son, he and his group over slept this morning because they had a final dinner last night and should have been on that train. My son was so stunned that he couldn't talk when I told him which stations were involved. The whole group of students should have been on that train.
If true that changes things. unless they are electric and use the overhead wires.
CNN now going to Gleneagles. No mention of reaction to problem in London.
Fox covering it now.
I just checked all the cable channels and found nothing but regular programming.
Yes. My husband is out of town so I was watching TV on the sofa and fell asleep. Fox News gong woke me.
CNN Int. staying with London. I just got in from my morning walk. I cannot believe this. I hope the stuff about the bus is just rumours.
OK. Thanks. I'll give it a go.
Like I said, I heard an explosion - I am five minutes from Russell Square (and often take the bus that way).
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