BLAST AT CITY TUBE STATION - FOUR BOMB EXPLOSIONS AROUND LONDON

Sky News ^ | July 7, 2005

[HiTech RedNeck]

High voltage facilities can go kaboom, such as if a transformer arcs over inside and fries itself. Was there lightning and thunder in the area prior to the explosion?

[sonofatpatcher2]

BLASTS ON TUBES AND BUS

According to reports a bus has exploded in central London just minutes after a number of blasts on London's Underground.


"I saw lots of people running up a road and then saw the top of a bus destroyed," one eyewitness told Sky News.

Sky News producer Bob Mills said he heard the loud explosion near Euston Station.

Scotland Yard could not confirm reports of an explosion on a bus in Russell Square. A spokeswoman said police were at the scene and attempting to determine what had happened.

The entire Tube network has been shut down following the blasts at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square.

More at http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1188265,00.html

[Michael81Dus]

What's going on over in Britain????

Maybe fireworks to celebrate the 2012 Olympics in London? Or a special welcome for the G8-leaders? Ok ok, it ain´t funny at all! I pray that there won´t be deads.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

"`Railway officals have discovered at least one explosive device..."

Per Sky News?

[marty60]

Amazing....a little over an hour and they already have done a full investigation and ....IT'S THE LONE POWER SURGE

[12B]

Reuters reports Bus explosion at Tavistock Square (Police witness)

[Samwise]

I do not understand why officials always say "definitely not terrorism" before anyone has a chance to investigate.

[Miss Behave]

Thank God, Eva. My son will be in London to study in a few months, and will be there for quite a while. This is very upsetting. Prayers for a minimum of injuries to our friends, and I don't want to think of worse.

[monkapotamus]

bbc video: "we're now hearing reports that a bus has been ripped apart"

[endthematrix]

re: Who's saying it was bombs?


"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.

*snip*

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."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4659093.stm

[advance_copy]

It is utterly frustrating. Cable news coverage is very poor at this hour.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

If this is an attack it is probably over by now.

[Eurotwit]

CNN journalist live now, apparently he witnessed the bus explosion. The entire roof was blown off. He sounds really shaken. Talking about major casualties from the bus. Apparently he had just walked off the before it blew up.

[Crazieman]

CNN: Bus explosion

[Eurotwit]

Another one?

[mark3681]

Listening to BBC radio live.
Reporter on the scene said a guy showed her footage he took with his cell phone. Shows a bus that had been demolished. Reporterette is being careful not to say it was a bomb. People lying on the street, serious injuries.

[Miss Marple]

CNN reporting bus explosion in the Bloomsbury area.

Reports of tube explosions at Russell Square, near Paddington, Edgeware Road.

[Eurotwit]

Yes, per Sky News.

[dakine]

*DJ London Clearing House Evacuated After London Incident

[ChadGore]

BLASTS ON TUBES AND BUS

According to reports a bus has exploded in central London just minutes after a number of blasts on London's Underground.

"I saw lots of people running up a road and then saw the top of a bus destroyed," one eyewitness told Sky News.

Sky News producer Bob Mills said he heard the loud explosion near Euston Station.

Scotland Yard could not confirm reports of an explosion on a bus in Russell Square. A spokeswoman said police were at the scene and attempting to determine what had happened.

The entire Tube network has been shut down following the blasts at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square.

It is understood several people have been wounded in the underground blasts, with one unconfirmed eyewitness telling Sky News he saw "bodies on the line".

British Transport Police confirmed there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".

	Blast happened at Aldgate

"It's chaos, with people trying to work out what has happened," said a spokesman.

One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from King's Cross when there was a huge flash.

The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.

He added people were milling around King's Cross covered in soot.

Clare Benson, 33, a city banker from Kensington, was on a tube at Edware Road where the second incident took place.

"I was in the last carriage at the back of the train nearest the tunnel when I heard a huge bang - you could feel it," she said.

"The lights went off for a couple of minutes and people were scared and wondering what to do.

"The drivers got out and were looking into the tunnel, then they announced that we should evacuate. My ears are still ringing and I was shaking."