Several people were reported to have been inured after a passenger’s battery pack exploded on a London Overground train this morning.

There was ‘sheer terror and panic’ on the train at Dalston Kingsland station when the explosion happened with one witness saying people had jumped onto the tracks.

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It is believed that the battery of a drill had overheated and started billowing smoke.

The incident is not being treated as suspicious and TfL reopened the station nearly an hour after it was closed.


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Greggs was giving free teas, coffees and sausage rolls to members of emergency services.

Services along the line were severely disrupted and Hackney Council described there as being several ‘walking wounded’.



TfL said on its website: ‘Severe delays between Richmond and Stratford and Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction due to an earlier customer incident at Dalston Kingsland.’

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Duncan Cross, Deputy Director of London Overground, said: ‘At around 7.14am today there was an incident involving a faulty drill that was being carried to work by a customer at Dalston Kingsland.

‘The train was evacuated and the emergency services attended.

‘We would like to apologise to customers who were on board and to our customers whose journeys have been disrupted.’

Pictures from the scene show the station was closed and numerous police officers and fire crews were at the station.

A sign at the entrance to the station said. ‘due to an emergency there are currently no trains in both directions. Please use Dalston Junction.’

British Transport Police said: ‘We are at Dalston Kingsland supporting London Fire following a fire alert. This incident is not suspicious.’

Witnesses said there was an explosion on the train – it was caused by an electrical fault (Picture: Rita Alvarez)

The station was closed for nearly an hour (Picture: Rita Alvarez)

Highest praise to @metpoliceuk & @LondonFire this morning for rapid response to incident at Dalston Kingsland. Sheer terror & panic onboard — Aaron Webb (@A_Webb_7) February 8, 2017

Train incident at Dalston Kingsland overground station. Several walking wounded. Police & LAS on scene. Plz avoid station & area — Hackney Council (@hackneycouncil) February 8, 2017

Pictures taken by people at the scene this morning (Picture: Rita Alvarez)

London Overground later tweeted that the station had been reopened.

Dalston Kingsland station has now reopened. — London Overground (@LDNOverground) February 8, 2017

Due to an incident with a train at #DalstonKingsland @LDNOverground services suspended both ways whilst @lfbhackney deal @BTPOverground — Hackney MPS (@MPSHackney) February 8, 2017