London Underground fire

Title

London Underground fire

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:21

Description

Dominique Harvie reports for LBC Newstalk 97.3 on an Underground train fire that left thousands of passengers trapped for hours on the Central Line between Liverpool Street and Bethnal Green stations. With comment from passenger Linda Lancod(?); Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney, Peter Shore; and London Underground Passenger Service Director, Ian Arthurton.

Contributors

Peter Shore; Dominique Harvie; Ian Arthurton; LBC Newstalk; Linda Lancod(?)

Keywords

Fires; Railways; London Underground; Underground railway networks; Trains; Fire safety; Evacuation; Underground railway stations

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