Parsons Green: Explosion reported on London Tube train
Source: BBC
Emergency services are at the scene of a reported explosion on a District Line Underground train in south-west London. A picture on social media showed a white bucket inside a supermarket bag, but does not appear to show extensive damage in the carriage. Witnesses described seeing at least one passenger with facial injuries.
Others have spoken of "panic" as alarmed passengers left the train at Parsons Green station at around 08:20 BST (07:20 GMT) on Friday morning. London Ambulance Service says it has sent a hazardous area response team to the scene.
BBC London presenter Riz Lateef, who was at Parsons Green on her way in to work, said: "There was panic as people rushed from the train, hearing what appeared to be an explosion" "People were left with cuts and grazes from trying to flee the scene. There was lots of panic"
BBC News presenter Sophie Raworth says she saw a woman on a stretcher with burns to her face and legs.
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Twenty-two injured at Parsons Green after improvised explosive device partially detonates during morning rush-hour
An explosion that injured a number of people at Parsons Green underground station in west London was a terrorist incident, the Metropolitan police have said.
Commuters on a tube train reported hearing a bang and seeing a fireball flying down the carriage during Friday morning rush-hour. Pictures and video, purporting to be from the train carriage, were posted of flames coming out of a carrier bag containing a white bucket.
Police later confirmed the blast came from an improvised explosive device.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/15/parsons-green-district-line-suspended-in-west-london-over-incident
Lucky that it fizzled
