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[KevinKorell]

Telegraph, 11/23/14:

'Explosion' on train tracks at Charing Cross station

Charing Cross Station in London was closed on Sunday after a fire broke out on the track under a train.

Passengers were ordered to leave the station after the blaze spread to the front carriage of the 10.55 South Eastern train to Robertsbridge, East Sussex.[/quote]

 

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[CNJRoss]

BBC News, 11/23:

London's Charing Cross reopens after fire on train

 

Charing Cross station in central London was closed for about two hours following a fire on a train.

 

The blaze, thought to have been caused by an electrical fault, broke out in a carriage on platform six.

 

Passengers described panic at the scene, with some saying they had assumed it was a bomb.

 

 

 

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