Seconds From Disaster - S03E04 - London's Subway Inferno

The King's Cross fire was a fatal fire on the underground rail system in London. It broke out at approximately 19:30 on 18 November 1987, and killed 31 people.

It took place at King's Cross St. Pancras station, a major interchange on the London Underground. The station consists of two parts, a subsurface station on the Circle and Metropolitan Lines (in 1987, the Hammersmith & City Line was then part of the Metropolitan) and a deep-level tube station on the Northern, Piccadilly, and Victoria Lines. The fire started in an escalator shaft serving the Piccadilly Line, which was burnt out along with the top level (entrances and ticket hall) of the deep-level tube station.

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• King's Cross fire

[Whatupwidat]

It's a documentary about a fire that killed 31 people, and commenters are arguing about dialectic differences!?

FUCK I hate Youtube sometimes....

[Louisehascancer]

Admittedly, I may not be the first to consider this. A fire extinquisher in the hands of the ticket handlers or the police officers might have had some effect. Contacting the fire brigand is an absolute, but no one in a position of authority approaching a yet small fire is tragic. As the commentater mentions the findings of the scientists, the channeling of the heat would certainly become apparent more quickly and altered the aftermath.

[HolyTapeStudios]

anyone notice that the narrators voice changes in this episode?

[Louisehascancer]

@theibecks Thanks for the clarification.

[4BlocksE2ndOnRight]

@TheVenncat More than likely, there were numerous others who discarded burning materials during their commute on the escalator that day and on days prior. If several people feel badly, all the better. However, the culprit probably feels nothing because they are unaware that they are the guilty party. As I said, if more than one feel a tinge of regret, all the better.

[theibecks]

@Louisehascancer This documentary doesn't mention everything the official report does. At around 19:38 the station inspector did get a fire extinguisher but couldn't get close enough to the fire to be able to use it.

[TheVenncat]

The narrator should have said "A moron lights a cigarette with a match then discards the match onto the escalator" not a passenger. The lives lost because of someone couldn't wait for a smoke. I hope the person who did it realizes and feels like absolute shit.

[angrybirdsforever]

Fucking smoker needs to fucking burn in hell and die.

[angrybirdsforever]

Scary!!!!

[scorchx3000]

@arrdly

God damn it, you're a fucking arsehole., Why the hell do Londoners always insist on being dicks?

I'm from the north myself, we don't have muppets going on about pronounciation. Hate to rain on your parade, the English language probablys has millions of dialect, you gonna insult me for calling a fruit machine a bandit, or using the term Why aye? If so, you're a sad act.

[scorchx3000]

I remember this, I was 5 at the time. I remember being annoyed that the cartoons had been canceled and my mom telling me about the fire. Scared the crap out of me, I remember the school field trip two months later, a kid was afraid to go on the metro, incase their was a fire like this.

[SourGeckos]

@leothedirilo Thankyou.