My Central line Tube was evacuated after catching fire – people noticed there wasn’t much air

A woman has taken to social media, documenting an evacuation after her Tube caught fire on the Central line.

A video posted on Instagram and TikTok shows smoke appearing from a tunnel and people getting evacuated from the Tube.

Shepherd’s Bush station, where the incident took place, closed immediately after. The station reopened within an hour, after the London Fire Brigade attended the scene.

Posting on her Instagram Story, Anastasia explained: “People started noticing that there isn’t much air” as soon as they reached the underground.

Responding to a comment under her video, she said: “I was in a panic but also wanted to capture what happened and what I felt.”

Anastasia urged people to “be careful in this weather,” while raising the question of whether air conditioning should be installed across the London Tube network.

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London has been issued a severe weather red alert due to extremely high temperatures, with people being advised to travel on the rail only when necessary.

A TfL spokesperson said: “We apologise to Central line customers for the disruption to their journeys yesterday caused by a fire alert at Shepherd’s Bush Tube station.

“The London Fire Brigade attended the station and it was re-opened after around one hour. We then worked hard to restore a normal service on the line as quickly as possible.”

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