Was the fire at Kings Cross some years ago a small fire which escalated?
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Hellllloooo?? I can't believe you nut nuts aren't getting the joke!!
That's not funny. Many people died there. You obviously don't commute.
They think it was caused by a dropped match igniting rubbish underneath the escalators at the entrance to the station, you really shouldnt make jokes about it, over 30 died that day
hmmm actually it isn't funny it's like taking the mickey out of the twin towers or the banglaedesh floods!!!
If it's a joke, i don't get it, so I'm just gonna act like I am stupid.
Wasn't it started by a cigarette, and then because of the upward draught near the escalators it turned into a huge flaming sea of eh. well, flames, clearly?
someone did it they say
As I remember it the fire was started by a lighted cigarette end being dropped onto an escalator. The cigarette was quickly transferred to the underside of the escalator where it ignited the accumulated litter. The ensuing fire and fumes killed many people.
smoking kills in more ways than we realise
he fire was caused by rubbish and grease beneath wooden escalators being ignited, probably by a discarded match. Although smoking was banned on the London Underground in February 1985 (a consequence of the Oxford Circus fire), smokers often lit up on their way out of the system. The fire started under the escalator, spread above it, then flashed over and filled the ticket hall with flames and smoke. The subsequent forensic investigation found charred wood in 18 locations beneath the up escalator, which indicated that a number of fires had started previously due to the same cause but had not taken hold; instead they had extinguished of their own accord. All of these small fires were on the right hand (running) side, which is where standing passengers are most likely to light a cigarette (passengers stand on the right to allow others to pass on the left).
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