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A fire broke out at Loughton underground station as police and fire services worked to extinguish it.

Passengers on the Central Line of the London Underground watched last night (April 15) as emergency services rushed to the station to put out the flames.

There were severe delays to the Central Line with all trains between Loughton and Epping being brought to a halt because of the fire alert.

(Image: Caleb Hermit)

According to a witness, who was on one of the underground services, the train came to a halt for about 20 minutes with the driver referring to something on the tracks over the intercom.

Eventually the train pulled back into the station and the passengers were allowed out onto the platform.

“Eventually he pulls back into the station, we get out, and there is something smoking on the tracks,” said Caleb Hermit.

“Then there were sirens, we see a fire engine and three firefighters ran onto the platform and started looking at the fire.

“The train pulled away and eventually another arrived with even more annoyed people.

“Not long afterwards I overheard a guy on the radio say how there was a ‘burning log on the tracks’.”

(Image: Caleb Hermit)

Police cars also attended the incident later on with officers joining the firefighters on the platform.

According to Caleb, a station worker then put out the fire with an extinguisher.

Transport for London have been approached.