Oxford Circus Fire - Evacuation

Evacuation

Oxford Circus station was rapidly evacuated when the fire was discovered, and the fire brigade conducted a sweep of the station which confirmed that all passengers were clear. The fire alert disrupted the routes of ten trains on the three lines: passengers on six of the trains were evacuated at stations and passengers on four trains were escorted down the running tunnels to adjacent stations. The last passenger evacuated from these trains left the track at 12:45 a.m. Thirty pumps attended the fire, which was declared extinguished just before 3 a.m. the next day.