MML shut, hst on fire(leagrave)

[whoshotjimmi]

Luton Today has a slightly more detailed account than BBC.

http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut-news/Drama-as-fire-breaks-out.5211364.jp

Perhaps more importantly, Duncan Borrowman was rather disgruntled!

http://duncanborrowman.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-get-stuck-for-hours-by-train-fire-and.html

Bit of the old anger and frustration coming out methinks!

Just for the record, Duncan Borrowman is the Liberal Democrat representative for the Bexley and Bromley constituency.

 

[EM2]

Perhaps more importantly, Duncan Borrowman was rather disgruntled!

http://duncanborrowman.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-get-stuck-for-hours-by-train-fire-and.html

Bit of the old anger and frustration coming out methinks!

Just for the record, Duncan Borrowman is the Liberal Democrat representative for the Bexley and Bromley constituency.

Are there normally EMT staff at Luton?

 

[222001]

Battled the fire for two hours!

That must have been quite bad.

 

[Aictos]

Are there normally EMT staff at Luton?

It's a FCC station so no.

 

[mackenzie_blu]

It's a FCC station so no.

Off topic but that reminds me when Southern ticketing staff did a checks at Elephant & Castle (about 10 of them and 20 BTP!).

Battled the fire for two hours!

That must have been quite bad.

Two hours? Where is this from?

The Fire service arrived at 2106 and said the fire was was out at 2123!

 

[Aictos]

You should know what the press are like by now, they make a small matter into a huge event.

 

[asylumxl]

Left a comment on Duncan Borrowmans page.

 

[EM2]

Left a comment on Duncan Borrowmans page.

Snap. Mine's the second one, I assume yours is the one after DB's?

 

[asylumxl]

Yep
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Luton Herald & Post say it was an HSTs exhaust that caught fire due to oil leaking from a turbocharger onto it. Conflicting reports.

 

[Turbostar]

Yep
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Luton Herald & Post say it was an HSTs exhaust that caught fire due to oil leaking from a turbocharger onto it. Conflicting reports.

Sounds familiar, HST exhaust fire...