Kings Cross fire disaster

Title

Kings Cross fire disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Nov 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Report on the Kings Cross Underground fire referring to earlier Oxford Circus station fire. Including eyewitness account by Andy Crowan(?); Kings Cross station manager on investigating the fire, he was beaten back by the heat and smoke; John McMorrow of NUR on fears over asbestos in Tube tunnels. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

John McMorrow; Andy Crowan(?)

Keywords

Dangerous materials; London; Fires; Underground railway networks; Rail safety; Asbestos; Underground railway stations; London Regional Transport; Kings Cross Underground fire (1987); LRT

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