London: A blast on a London underground train on Friday morning at 8:20 am left passengers injured and with severe facial burns. The passengers, mostly daily commuters, ran for their lives, recall eyewitnesses.
The police said they are aware of an incident at Parsons Green station in West London and that officers are in attendance.
The British Transport Police tweeted, “We’re aware of an incident at #ParsonsGreen station. Officers are at the scene. The station is closed. More information as we get it.”
A severe threat alert has been sounded off in UK.
The explosions took place inside a container.
Injured passengers are being taken to hospitals via ambulances.
Emergency services attending `incident` at London Underground station: authorities.
Twitter handle Rigs tweeted: ‘Explosion on Parsons Green district line train. Fireball flew down carriage and we just jumped out open door.’
Horrified witnesses on social media claim people are ‘screaming and running off trains’.
Terrified commuters ran for their lives. A photograph of the flaming white bucket taken just after it exploded shows a number of wires protruding out of the top and on to the train carriage floor – but police have not yet confirmed if it was a bomb.
A Reuters witness could see six ambulances, fire engines and a helicopter at Parsons Green station in West London where the Metro newspaper reported that passengers had suffered facial burns from a blast and others had been hurt in a subsequent stampede.
Outside the station, a woman was sitting on a pavement with a bandage around her leg while armed police patrolled. A Reuters witness saw a woman being carried off on a stretcher with her legs covered in a foil blanket.
London Ambulance and Fire Brigade said paramedics and firefighters were present.
Transport for London said on Twitter that there was no service between Earls Court and Wimbledon on the District Line which runs through Parsons Green.
Britain has already suffered four attacks blamed on terrorists so far this year which killed 36 people.
Over 12 years ago, on 7 July 2005, four suicide bombers with rucksacks full of explosives attacked central London, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds more. At the time, it was the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil.
Bureau Report
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