London's Earls Court station CLOSED after 'fire alert' triggers emergency – delays on tube
A FIRE has shut London's Earls Court and Fulham Broadway Tube stations.
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The Piccadilly line between Hammersmith and Kings Cross is also down while the rest of the line is experiencing delays as emergency services battle the blaze. BBC London Radio tweeted: "#Tube: Earl’s Court Station remains closed due to a fire alert. Fulham Broadway Station is also closed due to fire alert.
"No #Piccadilly Line btwn Hammersmith & Kings Cross, with delays to rest of line following an Emergency Services incident."
Transport for London later added: “At the moment the Piccadilly line has no service between Hammersmith and Kings Cross eastbound due to an emergency and Knightsbridge is closed.
“There are minor delays on the rest of the line.”
The announcement came after Twitter users reported being asked to leave the station.
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One wrote: “Emergency @earlscourt - but what? Asking everyone to leave the station.”
They added that while no alarms went off there was a “recorded message to leave”.
Others reported being unable to leave trains because of the fire.
Another user wrote: “Am stuck on a train at Earls Court which has been evacuated due to a fire alarm.
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“Our train pulled into the station anyway & now we are stuck in the empty station & the driver has kept the doors shut.
“If there had been a fire we would have been driven right into it.
“Still stuck on the train at Earls Court with the doors locked.”
A second said: “Was 'Would Inspector Sands please make his way to the operations room immediately' first, shortly followed by 'Ladies and gentlemen, due to a reported emergency, would all passengers please leave the station immediately.”
Inspector Sands is an announcement used by the London Underground to alert staff and other agencies, such as the police, to an emergency or potential emergency.
There have been no reported injuries from the fire.
News of the blaze emerged just days after a fireball engulfed part of Elephant and Castle station in central London.
Thick black smoke emitted from the station could be seen for miles as emergency services battled to contain the fire.
In total six people were injured and several buildings evacuated as more than 100 firefighters rushed to the scene.
The cause of the fire remains currently unknown.
London mayor Sadiq Khan praised the emergency services, who he said had acted quickly to ensure both local residents and passengers at Elephant and Castle station were safely evacuated.
James Ryan, from London fire brigade (LFB), said the garage employees were evacuated before the explosion.
He said it was too soon to say what caused the explosion but “it’s probably something within the garage itself”.
He added that there was at least one cylinder containing an unidentified substance within the repair shop and it was being made safe by applying direct cooling until it was at a safe temperature.
The fire was under control by just before 3.30pm but over an hour later residents were still waiting to be readmitted to their properties and surrounding roads remained closed.
Mr Ryan said the aim was to reduce the cordon as soon as possible.