This damn country cat go ONE good day without something horrible happingSeveral people have been injured after explosions blamed on a power surge led to the whole London Underground network being closed down.
British Transport Police said some of the power surges had caused explosions.
Surges took place at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square stations.
A spokesman said there were "walking wounded" at Liverpool Street station but one person's life was reported to be "at risk".
London Fire Brigade said four crews were at Liverpool Street and more were on their way.
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."
Eyewitness Paul Woloszyn from BBC News, who was at Blackhorse Road station on the Victoria Line, said: ""We were told there was a bomb at Liverpool Street station.
"I was on the Tube, and they stopped the train and told everyone to get off an evacuated the station."
He said staff had said the entire Tube network had been affected, and leaflets had been handed out with details of alternative bus routes.
Another eyewitness, Dorothy Molloy, had been on a Tube train at King's Cross and said "staff just chucked everyone out of the station".
She said staff there had not given any details, but she said two passengers she had spoken to had said they had received messages saying there had been bombs.
"People didn't really know what was going on, they were just huffing and puffing and saying how annoying it was," she said.
"People don't seem to be panicked, but there's so many police and ambulances coming into the areas. People are just concerned, and some are just annoyed at the delay."
Major incident occuring on the London Underground.
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Major incident occuring on the London Underground.
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At least one doubledecker bus seems to have had the top blown off now. I doubt that's a power-surge also...
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Ah, just what I need to hear before going to work.... I, too, ride a commuter train although mine doesn't go underground.
I notice no one wants to say "terrorism", but all know that's on everyone's minds.... Just one explosion would indicate accident, but multiple ones are more suspicious.
Still too early to know what's really going on.
I notice no one wants to say "terrorism", but all know that's on everyone's minds.... Just one explosion would indicate accident, but multiple ones are more suspicious.
Still too early to know what's really going on.
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London has the power grid of a frickin Galaxy class. Seriously, how can a power surge destroy a double decker bus and inflict the other damage?
Edit: This definatly seems less and less like a power surge and more and more like a you-know-what. Bush was apparently alerted about too.
Edit: This definatly seems less and less like a power surge and more and more like a you-know-what. Bush was apparently alerted about too.
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The news is a lot of 'sources say' and 'a caller said a friend of him saw', but considering "one caller to BBC Five said his friend had seen "the bus ripped open like a can of sardines and bodies everywhere." I doubt this is just some random accident.
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Multiple blasts. I feel stupid; Where is G8 happening?
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Gleneagles, Scotland.
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The sadist in me cannot resist saying:
"Looks like France was a bit upset about loosing the Olympics."
"Looks like France was a bit upset about loosing the Olympics."
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first thing that came out of my mouth as well, along the line of "french dissidents!"
my dads currently going on how this is all the fault of Privitisation.
my dads currently going on how this is all the fault of Privitisation.
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It seems they're now considering bringing experts down from Gleneagles to London to control the situation... According to the Beeb that is.
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The fuckers are setting off multiple bombs at a single site with delay timers! Took out 90 people, including relief workers.
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*says a prayer for the Londoner SDers*
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"Suspect Package" found at Stockwell Station.
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