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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
The uk Terror Threat has been increased to critical, the highest level, meaning an attack may be imminent. Its in the wake of a bomb explosion on a rush hour train in london. British police say they are treating the explosion as a terrorist incident. 29 people were injured. So called Islamic State says it carried out the attack. It happened at the height of the morning rush hour as a train pulled into the station at Parsons Green in south west london. The bbc understands that the bomb, described as a homemade device, had been fitted with a timer, but it failed to fully detonate. Whoever planted it is still on the run. The first of our reports is from our special correspondent lucy manning. On the floor of the tube, still in flames, it was supposed to blow up the carriage. That bag is on fire. It caused panic, fear, some injuries, but thankfully it didnt kill. Guys, lets get away and move to the end of the platform. At 8 20am, this train, packed with commuters, had just arrived at Parso
Increased to critical, the highest level, meaning an attack may be imminent. Its in the wake of a bomb explosion on a rush hour train in london. British police say they are treating the explosion as a terrorist incident. 29 people were injured. So called Islamic State says it carried out the attack. It happened at the height of the morning rush hour as a train pulled into the station at Parsons Green in south west london. The bbc understands that the bomb, described as a homemade device, had been fitted with a timer, but it failed to fully detonate. Whoever planted it is still on the run. The first of our reports is from our special correspondent lucy manning. On the floor of the tube, still in flames, it was supposed to blow up the carriage. That bag is on fire. It caused panic, fear, some injuries, but thankfully it didnt kill. Guys, lets get away and move to the end of the platform. At 8 20am, this train, packed with commuters, had just arrived at Parsons Green. It was loud enough t
Almost immediately, sort of a surge of people screaming and running towards me. The improvised bomb was in a white bucket, with wires attached, in a lidl freezer bag. David nelson saw it partially detonate. Lots of schoolchildren on the way to school. Noticed this flash of light over the other side of the carriage. Felt this heatwave and then just like a burst of flames. After you saw the flames what happened 7 panic. Everyone pushing to get off. Luckily the doors were open because wed just popped into the station. Then a bit chaotic, people being thrown everywhere, people being trampled. There was people running over other people within the carriage. When i got outside the train i was able to see people, like, jumping off the train station towards the end of the carriage. Passengers on the train behind were helped down the tracks. Children had their schooljourney interrupted in the most frightening manner. Within minutes, armed police, fire crews and ambulances arrived. It was clear t