Blast on underground train in London, services suspended
A blast on a London underground train left passengers with facial burns, London's Metro newspaper reported on its website. "I was on second carriage from the back. I just heard a kind of whoosh. I looked up and saw the whole carriage engulfed in flames making its way towards me," Ola Fayankinnu, who was on the train, told Reuters. "A lot of people were trampled on. There were phones, hats, bags all over the place and when I looked back I saw a bag with flames. People were crying, shocked, a few people had been injured, some people had been trampled." https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk Police said they were aware of an incident at Parsons Green station in West London and that officers are in attendance. London Ambulance said paramedics were present. https://twitter.com/StratSentinel/status/908602144651202560 Images posted on Twitter showed a women being attended to by emergency services sitting on a pavement. An onlooker said a "fireball flew down a carriage" with panicked commuters diving out an open door at the South West London station. https://twitter.com/Totallydriving/status/908601260890296321 Police said they were aware of reports on social media and would release facts regarding the incident soon. Eyewitnesses from shops outside the station have reported seeing people with facial injuries. Many have been told to stay in lockdown until the police gives an all clear 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. -PTC News
