Legacy
The publication of the report lead to resignations of senior management of both London Underground and London Regional Transport. Wooden panelling was to be removed from escalators, heat detectors and sprinklers were to be fitted beneath escalators, the radio communication system and station staff emergency training was to be improved.
The Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989 were introduced. Smoking was banned in all London Underground stations, including on the escalators, on 23 November, five days after the fire. By January 1990 the wooden escalators in sub-surface Underground stations had been replaced with metal ones.
Six firemen received Certificates of Commendation for their actions at the fire, including Station Officer Townsley who was given the award posthumously.
A service of remembrance for the victims was held at St Pancras Church and a memorial plaque was unveiled by the Princess of Wales, with another erected at King's Cross station. Commemoration services have been held on 18 November 1997, the tenth anniversary of the blaze, and on 18 November 2012, the twenty-five anniversary.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)