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| Terrified commuters 'ran for their lives' after an explosion on a London Underground train this morning. There was a stampede as people fled in panic when a 'fireball flew down the carriage', leaving several passengers with serious facial burns on the packed rush hour train in Parsons Green, west London. |
One witness told the BBC there was a 'bang' and then a 'wall of flames', which engulfed the carriage, with pictures showing a burning plastic bucket stashed in a Lidl carrier bag. The doors opened on the District Line train and the commuters, many of them with scorched faces and hair, ran off screaming. A photograph of the flaming white bucket taken just after it exploded shows a number of wires protruding out of the top and on to the train carriage floor - but police have not yet confirmed if it was a bomb. There were reports of a man at the station with a knife in the aftermath of the explosion. Scotland Yard said they believe this is unrelated to the Tube incident but are investigating and urging people to avoid the area. A journalist at the scene said a police officer told her there was a second unexploded device being tackled by the bomb squad
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