Waterloo fire: Blaze breaks out in tunnel near Tube station as line closed and firefighters race to the scene

A FIRE has breached retired successful a passageway connected portion of the London Underground.

The blaze erupted successful the northbound passageway of the Northern enactment adjacent Waterloo Station, adjacent to the bosom of the city.

London Fire Brigade and different exigency crews rushed to the country aft reports of a occurrence successful the Kennington Tunnels connected York Road, southbound eastbound London this morning.

Sections of the passageway were closed arsenic a precaution and radical were evacuated from the station.

The Northern enactment is presently suspended betwixt Charing Cross and Battersea Power Station arsenic a result.

While the occurrence has since been contained by occurrence crews, its origin is not yet known.

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