donderdag, juli 07, 2005

Gaat goed in London - een plotselinge voltageverhoging in het metrosysteem, knallen all over en meldingen van gewonden. De BBC (op dit moment vrijwel onbereikbaar) meldt:

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.
British Transport Police said there were "walking wounded" but one person's life was reported to be "at risk".
London Fire Brigade said four crews were at the scene and more were on their way. A power failure could be the cause, Transport for London said.
A British Transport Police spokesman said that emergency services were dealing with reports of an explosion at 0849 BST on the Metropolitan Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate.
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."

Inmiddels gaat het dus om meerdere stations in meerdere delen van de stad, een aantal stations zijn gesloten en het metroverkeer ligt uiteraard plat.

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