Talking to one man who was on board at the time. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Police say they are treating an explosion on an underground train in south west london as a terrorist incident. Several people have been injured. At least one woman has been taken to hospital with burns, others are reported to be suffering cuts, grazes and facial wounds. The blast happened on a District Line train at Parsons Green station packed with commuters, at about 8. 20, at the heart of the rush hour. Police say its too soon to say what caused the explosion. Pictures from inside the tube show a white container inside a supermarket bag, on fire, with wires or lights protruding from it. The blast doesnt appear to have caused extensive damage, but eye witnesses have described seeing a wall of flame. Armed Police Officers and a Hazardous Area Response team are at the scene. My colleague Sophie Raworth has been at Parsons Green station all morning. I know you were there earlier when you became aware somethi
And the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning between 12 and one oclock. The first call to the Metropolitan Police was at 1 15am. The blaze, you can see now there are no flames this stage, just smoke, and you can see the damage done to the building. Lets give you a sense from the images last night from the early hours of the morning. You can get a real sense of the scale of the blaze that was engulfing the building. Lets tell you about who is tackling the fire at the moment. Around 200 firefighters, a0 fire engines, and of course London Ambulance has sent a number of vehicles and medical staff to the scene. 0ur Correspondent is at the scene this morning. Tell us what you can see. Well, you can see the block is still alight. You can see some flames there. You can see the Fire Brigade Hosing down the lower reaches of the building. But the fire service said that this was a blaze reaching from the second floor right up to the 27th floor. Its been a blaze for five hours now. We
Of the building tells this programme he has serious concerns about the recent refurbishment. That raises real questions about the fire safety checks that were in place to stop families getting hurt. Also, firefighters have worked through the night to dampen ablaze, although some parts of the building on the upper floors remain alight. The fire brigade say the tower block is not structurally safe for them to enter in some places. Meanwhile, local people continue to offer help to those left destitute and homeless, this is where the Relief Effort is being co ordinated, and as you can see, there are piles of clothes and toys that people have donated. We have also donated some money, given money to families, darren withdrew £1000 from his account, and we have been giving families £100 just to see them over the next couple of days. Good morning from North Kensington. This morning we are at the Westway Sports Centre on one of their basketball courts. You might be able to hear the traffic, w
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