London Fire Brigade were called to London King’s Cross shortly before 4pm on Saturday as the station was evacuated, Transport for London confirmed, amid reports a flare was set off in the Underground
King’s Cross Station has been evacuated amid reports that passengers feel ‘dizzy from fumes’.
Passengers were rushed out of the central London train station shortly before 4pm today as London Fire Brigade crews headed to the scene. As a loudspeaker message demanded that customers ‘leave the station immediately’ due to a ‘reported emergency’, one member of the public claimed that they felt ‘extremely dizzy’ having apparently inhaled unidentified fumes.
One video taken from inside the Tube station underground showed worried looking members of the public covering their mouths and noses as they headed for the exit, a Tanoy announcement telling them to evacuate as they did.
As of 4.30pm the fire brigade could only say that they’d responded to an activated fire alarm and it was not yet clear if the emergency was a false alarm. Transport for London was unable to offer any more information.
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The closure of the station will cause serious transport disruption, with a number of trains due to depart and arrive at King’s Cross likely to be significantly delayed. One would-be-passenger at the station described a “scramble for busses” as evacuation took place as “emotions ran high”.
One passenger wrote on Twitter/X at 4pm: “Currently at King’s Cross, London as they evacuated and shut the underground station. I’m seeing hella fire trucks pull up.”
Shortly before 5pm a spokesperson for TFL said that the station had reopened.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that a flare was set off in the Underground section of the station. A police officer at the scene told The Sun: “Someone has set off a flare in the Underground and we’ve had to shut down the area. Firefighters are down there now. We don’t know when we’ll open the Underground again.”
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