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Post by John Tuthill on Feb 8, 2017 9:26:07 GMT
Reports of an 'electrical' fire on a train at Dalston.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 10:17:10 GMT
It was a builders drill battery that overheated according to BBC News.
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Post by trt on Feb 8, 2017 11:16:46 GMT
Ah. Just a drill then.
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Post by piccboy on Feb 8, 2017 12:29:38 GMT
Only 4 light Injuries treated by LAS, thankfully it was in a platform at the time.
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Post by trt on Feb 8, 2017 12:53:36 GMT
Only 4 light Injuries treated by LAS, thankfully it was in a platform at the time. Why are there reports and photographs of passengers venturing onto the track, then? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 13:10:49 GMT
Only 4 light Injuries treated by LAS, thankfully it was in a platform at the time. Why are there reports and photographs of passengers venturing onto the track, then? Platform overcrowded, so people walked off the end of it. |
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Post by countryman on Feb 8, 2017 13:34:55 GMT
Only 4 light Injuries treated by LAS, thankfully it was in a platform at the time. LAS, London Ambulance Service? |
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Post by dazz285 on Feb 8, 2017 13:43:04 GMT
Dalston Kingsland, like a lot of the Overground stations, is narrow & probably only just meets minimum width requirements & in the (C)rush hours it really struggles so having an extra train load evacuating on to the platform doesn't help.
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Post by Chris M on Feb 8, 2017 15:01:34 GMT
Being right by the junction there is a lot of space not immediately adjacent to a track so I can easily understand why it might seem an attractive place to move to to escape a crowded platform. Particularly if you don't know how serious the problem on/with the train is.
Adding to the problems is that station building is small and cramped and way under the capacity required to relieve the pressure of an overcrowded platform with any speed. There were building works when I was last there (a little before Christmas) that wont help matters if they're still ongoing.
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Feb 8, 2017 16:37:16 GMT
Only 4 light Injuries treated by LAS, thankfully it was in a platform at the time. LAS, London Ambulance Service?  ....... Use Of Abbreviations In Posts |
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Post by piccboy on Feb 8, 2017 16:52:41 GMT
Only 4 light Injuries treated by LAS, thankfully it was in a platform at the time. LAS, London Ambulance Service? Yes correct, London Ambulance Service. Apologies for using the acronym, wrote this after coming off a dead early shift, and before a power nap. I was a little tired. Being right by the junction there is a lot of space not immediately adjacent to a track so I can easily understand why it might seem an attractive place to move to to escape a crowded platform. Particularly if you don't know how serious the problem on/with the train is. Adding to the problems is that station building is small and cramped and way under the capacity required to relieve the pressure of an overcrowded platform with any speed. There were building works when I was last there (a little before Christmas) that wont help matters if they're still ongoing. Just took a look at Google maps at the station ( Dalston Kingsland) it looks like they could do with installing some Emergency Exits leading out to Boleyn Road. |
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Post by redbond on Feb 8, 2017 17:19:14 GMT
it looks like they could do with installing some Emergency Exits leading out to Boleyn Road. It is already an emergency entrance / exit on Boleyn Road. The Strail crossings over the ELL Western Curve lead to the bottom of a ramp up to Boleyn Road. |
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Post by phil on Feb 8, 2017 18:12:17 GMT
Part of the problem was the smoking drill was inside a backpack. Given how many suicide bombers have used backpacks there was some understandable concern that an explosion was imminent - with shouts of 'bomb' being uttered by some as they piled off the train.
As such some people may have ventured off the platform to get themselves out of the blast radius.
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