London's Charing Cross station has been evacuated after a train caught fire this morning.
Just running away from Charing Cross station #fire #danger
BuzzFeed News spoke to Vincenzo Minore, the CEO of Soap and Glory, who said that the fire seemed to have broken out on the 10.55 to Tunbridge Wells on platform 6.
"There was a blast of light, and we saw a fire in the last carriage, where the engines are," he said. "About a third of the people on the platform ran away from the fire, but two-thirds were running in the opposite direction."
"By the time the fire engines arrived there were no casualties, just people panicking, really."
Passengers have been posting updates on social media.
Charing Cross station (well a train in platform 6 there) is on fire!!!
Oh my god something major's gone down at Charing Cross. Was chilling on the concourse and suddenly noise, smoke and running from a platform.
Running out of Charing Cross because it's legit on fire #London
And some have suggested that the fire was caused by a train driving into the platform.
Alarms going off at Charing Cross station. Looked like a train couldn't stop and was driving straight into the end of the platform. Chaos.
According to the London Fire Brigage, Charing Cross Station has now been evacuated.
#CharingCross station has been evacuated following a small fire on train. About 5% of a front carriage was alight.
More details to follow.
Update: the fire at Charing Cross station has now been put out, but the station remains closed.
Fire is now OUT at Charing Cross station. Station will be closed for possibly another 2 hours.