London ordered the evacuation Thursday, Jully 21, of three stations of London’s underground railway system amid reports of an explosion, news reports said. Officials from Scotland Yard, the country’s primary police investigative agency, had confirmed that evacuations had been ordered at Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd’s Bush stations.
One Victoria Line passenger said a traveler’s rucksack exploded on the Tube outside Warren Street station, news reports said. Police and London underground officials were not prepared to confirm the alleged explosion by spoke of "incidents."
"I was in a middle carriage and the train was not far short of Warren Street station when suddenly the door between my carriage and the next one burst open and dozens of people started rushing through. Some were falling, there was mass panic" passenger Ivan McCracken reportedly told Sky News television.
DIFFICULT
"It was difficult to get the story from any of them what had happened but when I got to ground level there was an Italian young man comforting an Italian girl who told me he had seen what had happened. He said a man was carrying a rucksack and the rucksack suddenly exploded. It was a minor explosion but enough to blow open the rucksack."
He said "the man then made an exclamation as if something had gone wrong. At that point everyone rushed from the carriage." Eyewitnesses also reported they saw smoke coming from the stations and all three have been evacuated.
The whole of the Northern Line was suspended, along with the Victoria Line and the Hammersmith and City. There were no immediate reports of any casualties, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said.
HOSPITAL
One hospital, near Warren St station, has started its emergency plan, the BBC reported.
The latest developments were also expected to be closely watched by several churches and Christian aid groups who played a key role in treating victims during the terror attacks earlier this month, BosNewsLife established. (MORE)
