Explosion on train at Parsons Green, 15/9/17

[2HAP]

BBC Breakfast reporting that an explosion has occurred on a train at Parsons Green tube station.

Reports of people injured.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/15/explo...-green-sparks-panic-on-district-line-6929973/

A metro.co.uk reporter at the scene described seeing people with facial burns, adding that they were ‘really badly burned’ and ‘their hair was coming off’.
Fire crews and paramedics also rushed to the scene to help people after the fireball went down the carriage.

 

[AlterEgo]

Mail journo has tweeted what looks like a can of paint or something, still slightly on fire.

https://twitter.com/benclerkin/status/908597553435959298

BREAKING NEWS: Explosion on underground train at Parsons Green leaves commuters with facial burns

Doesn't look serious.

 

[341o2]

No service between Earls Court and Wimbledon, station evacuated, police say an "incident" without any details as to what it is

 

[gavin]

Live updates from the telegraph they say it was to the rear of the train

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ain-parsons-green-reports-injuries-district1/

 

[gavin]

Services suspended between Edgware Road & Wimbledon

 

[AlterEgo]

Sounds like this was possibly a chemical reaction or a solvent igniting, more a flashover event than a "bang" explosion. Either way, very unpleasant, and hopefully people aren't badly hurt. There have been reports of facial injuries (maybe burns).

 

[Lrd]

Reports internally that it was an E-Cig going boom but this is unconfirmed.

 

[gavin]

A video of white container taken by Sylvain Pennec

https://twitter.com/sylvainpennec/s...ain-parsons-green-reports-injuries-district1/

 

[Domh245]

I've seen a picture that seems to show a gas cannister inside the bucket + all of the wires going into the bucket. That would seem a little sinister to me.

 

[gavin]

Sky news: "Counter-terrorism police & security services monitoring events at Parsons Green but it is currently a British Transport Police investigation"

 

[paok]

Looks like the explosive didn't detonate properly.

5 stations prior to Parsons Green where that could have been placed on the train so CCTV footage will no doubt have the person(s) responsible.

 

[Bletchleyite]

That does look mightily suspicious.

 

[gavin]

Counter terrorism detectives are now at Parsons Green

 

[AlterEgo]

Wow. Now that does look serious and probably not accidental.

 

[gavin]

Sky News: "I am getting indications that this is going in the direction of a terrorist incident says @SkyMarkWhite"

 

[Bletchleyite]

Do bears.....

 

[gavin]

Police say it is a terror incident

 

[bussnapperwm]

Police say it is a terror incident

BBC, RT and Sputnik have reported that it has been declared as such

 

[TimboM]

BBC reporting that the Met know treating this as "terrorism".


EDIT: think we're all reading the breaking news

 

[transportphoto]

.@metpoliceuk have now declared this a terror incident. Officers remain at the scene and continue to work with emergency service colleagues

https://twitter.com/btp/status/908622227272290304

 

[gavin]

Emergency COBRA committee meeting this afternoon

 

[WatcherZero]

Declared terrorist quarter of an hour ago. Local hospital has been put in to major incident mode, possibly more in anticipation of further incidents rather than the limited number from the initial incident.

 

[QueensCurve]

I've seen a picture that seems to show a gas cannister inside the bucket + all of the wires going into the bucket. That would seem a little sinister to me.

That picture of Parson's Green was broken in this Tweet at 08:39.

 

[QueensCurve]

Police say it is a terror incident

Apologies for the cynicism, but that seems to be code for "a Muslim was involved".

We had the bizarre case of a non-Muslim person convicted for trying to set a bomb off on The Tube and it was said to be "not terrorism related".

Terrorism is trying to create terror, and there seems to be a normalised racism in the way it is defined/excluded.:cry:

 

[rmt4ever]

Also Ealing branch delayed but no clue as to why. Anyone know if linked ?

 

[LiftFan]

I'm just glad that whatever the situation, it's obviously not worked like it was meant to (thinking back to 7/7 when the entire carriages were obliterated)

 

[Domh245]

That picture of Parson's Green was broken in this Tweet at 08:39.

A similar picture, but the one that I've linked to more clearly shows the top of a gas canister inside the bucket. The other one just shows a flaming bucket.

Apologies for the cynicism, but that seems to be code for "a Muslim was involved".

We had the bizarre case of a non-Muslim person convicted for trying to set a bomb off on The Tube and it was said to be "not terrorism related".

Terrorism is trying to create terror, and there seems to be a normalised racism in the way it is defined/excluded.:cry:

I'd argue that the declaration of it being a terrorist incident is down to the fact that the police have seen that there is a fairly obvious improvised explosive device, rather than some domestic electrical device going haywire. No indication of any suspect at the moment - indeed I've seen plenty of supposition that the device was planted on the train earlier in the trip and then left on a timer.

 

[Lrd]

Also Ealing branch delayed but no clue as to why. Anyone know if linked ?

Just delays across the whole line due to the Wimbledon - Edgware Road service being suspended

 

[rmt4ever]

Just delays across the whole line due to the Wimbledon - Edgware Road service being suspended

So why specifically no service at all just Ealing to Turnham London bound?

 

[D60]

Looks like the explosive didn't detonate properly.

5 stations prior to Parsons Green where that could have been placed on the train so CCTV footage will no doubt have the person(s) responsible.

Suggestion on the BBC that this may indeed have been a device/package that didn't fully detonate...
So intense flash rather than explosive blast...