July 2005 London bomb blasts: UPDATES AND NEWS ONLY - NO DISCUSSION

[energy release]

BBC reports a "bang"

[Belushi]

I dont know but theres obviously something going on, two lines are down (Northernn and Bakerloo) and one of my workmates claims there was an explosion at Edgware Road.

[DRINK?]

bomb or crash....sketchy details though apparantly walking wounded? nothing when I came through this morning :(

[Sunspots]

Radio 5 talking about Aldgate East. :confused:

[hammerntongues]

watching Sky news its a " Blast " at Aldgate East ,they have just said they think its a Power Surge not a bomb blast.

[FridgeMagnet]

Power surge, apparently. Not a bomb.

[Stobart Stopper]

Sky tv news are saying it could be a power surge due to 2 trains colliding, maybe underground. Fucking hell, if it's two tube trains then there will be hundreds, if not thousands of deaths. :(

[DRINK?]

Power surge now looking most likely explanation ?

[energy release]

BBC now says:

"Reports of "bang" on Metropolitan line between Aldate East and Liverpool Street."

[hektik]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1188265,00.html

[Stobart Stopper]

Power surge now looking most likely explanation ?
Kings cross evacuated now as well. Fuck, I hope it's not a terrorist attack. Central Line seems to have stopped, the trains run past our house.

[Hellsbells]

I thought it was just a power cut. All the lights started going out as I walking through Bank station.
IT was all a bit scary to be honest. Now I am at work and there are ambulances hurtling down the road, one after the other. :(

[Stobart Stopper]

Another incident at Edgware Rd. What the fuck?

[Sunspots]

BBC: 'Another incident at Edgware Road station.'

[Belushi]

Fuck, I hope something bad aint happening.

The Northern Line was shut when I went to Balham station at 7.45 this morning.

[hektik]

westminster was being evacuated as my jubilee line tube went through it - no one was let off, and it went straight through to waterloo.

although this may have just been a precaution before they knew the cause of the explosion obviously...

[Belushi]

Shit, I hope its nothing timed to coincide with the G8 :(

I'm in Paddington and theres lots of sirens :( :(

[Mrs Magpie]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4659093.stm

[energy release]

Shit, I hope its nothing timed to coincide with the G8 :(


Or the Olympics :mad: :mad: :mad:

[goldenecitrone]

Another incident at Edgware Rd. What the fuck?

I'm near Edgeware Road and I can hear loads of sirens. Might pop out to see what's going on.

[treefrog]

:( hope it's not an attack or anything serious :(

[Cloo]

Some of my workmates heard it - all reports say accident so far and at Aldgate, not Liverpool Street.

Typical bloody media panicking people by making it sound like a terrorist incident in a major station. :rolleyes:

Nasty for people involved though, I'm sure.

[Gavin Bl]

we're round the corner from Aldgate East, seems to be a power cable - walking wounded, lots of soot on them apparently.

[Stobart Stopper]

I have this terrible gut feeling that this could be a series of terrorist attacks due to the fact that we got the Olympics. I hope to god that I am wrong, but it just seems a coincidence that it's happening today of all days.

[passenger]

Edgware rd now

[Belushi]

Theres something going on, at least two Tube lines have been closed for at least an hour, and reports of explosions at Aldgate, Liverpool ST and Edgware Rd.

Im quite close to Edware Road and theres a lot of sirens.

[hektik]

where are you hearing about edgeware road?? ntohing on bbc or guardian site.

[Louloubelle]

sky news:

explosions at Liverpool Street and Edgeware Road

also something happening at Kings X

edited - they've got a live link at kings x with pictures, people with 'blackened faces' being evacuated from the station, might not be an explosion

entire tube network being vacuated

'incidents' at old st and russel square

[Belushi]

where are you hearing about edgeware road?? ntohing on bbc or guardian site.

Some of my workmates came in and told me (I work near there).

[passenger]

where are you hearing about edgeware road?? ntohing on bbc or guardian site.


LBC THE RADIO

[jung offender]

Big bang over West End just then? Thunder I hope :(

[xes]

Shit me!!!


fingers crossed for all involved. :(

[Hellsbells]

I work just opposite Euston station and just heard a bang :( :(

[MysteryGuest]

I've just had a shit nightmare of a journey in - somebody just rung in on their mobile to say the whole tube network is down.


edited to add:

I heard it was a power fault, and this is what the BBC London home page has it down as.

[Belushi]

Shit, I'm getting really worried now :(

[energy release]

I work just opposite Euston station and just heard a bang :( :(



:eek:

[Stobart Stopper]

I just can't believe it's just a power surge. Power suges do not cause explosions lik this, according to my neighbour who works on the tube. It's all tied in with the G8, the fact that we have the world leaders here, the olympics etc etc,


This was always going to happen it was a matter of not if but when. Every cop in London knows this.

[g force]

Big bang over West End just then? Thunder I hope :(

Eh :confused: I work by Oxford Circus and heard nothing...strange that the Victoria line was workign fine at 8.45 - but the escalators were out at Oxford Circus due to "power problems". Sounds like a massive power surge and some transforners blowing..they make a huge noise when they go.

[Belushi]

Please just let it be power surges.

[Louloubelle]

met police: 8.50 called to aldgate to assist in a 'major incident'

metronet: this is a major incident, the whole system is being shut down

[energy release]

Power suges do not cause explosions lik this


They can cause explosions.

[jung offender]

Eh :confused: I work by Oxford Circus and heard nothing...strange that the Victoria line was workign fine at 8.45 - but the escalators were out at Oxford Circus due to "power problems". Sounds like a massive power surge and some transforners blowing..they make a huge noise when they go.

I'm in soho. sounded a bit like distant thunder TBH. or it could have been a building site or something. we all heard it in the office.

[Louloubelle]

metronet: this is a power surge

met police: too early to say what is causing the incidents

[E. Coli]

i'm in a building Euston sq. and there's just been a boom and the building rumbled and it's a pretty fucking big building.

[Louloubelle]

passenger eye witness report of a train collision just outside edgeware rd

[Cloo]

All very odd so far.

[lizardqueen]

Please just let it be power surges.

We've got Sky News on in our office and they are reporting it as a massive power surge, which has caused explosions at Aldgate East, Kings Cross, Edgware Road and Old St. The whole network has been closed down, but they haven't reported any serious injuries (although people have been seen leaving the stations covered in blood).

I really hope that this isn't a cover up for something more sinister, although if it was a power surge it raises yet more questions about the state of the tube network. :(

Here's hoping everyone involved is ok and the situation is resolved quickly and effectively.

[jugularvein]

i hate being out of the country...news!!

[g force]

Could an accident there and at Aldgate have cut the power/led to a surge?

Seems odd that 2 accidents should happen in quick succession though :(

[Louloubelle]

sky news: bomb squad officers present at edgeware road

[MarkMark]

We were all turfed off the tubes at St Paul and we were told it was just a power failure. But there's police running all over the place on Cheapside :confused:

[Griff]

All very odd so far.

Yep. :(

[Cloo]

Bugger - I'll be walking to work from Liverpool Street for a while, then.

(/flippant mode)

[knopf]

Well, every available spare cop & "intelligence" officer is in Edinburgh. If I was planning something for London, I know when I'd do it. :(

[Belushi]

The Northern Line was already down at 7.45

[Roadkill]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,1523084,00.html

Nothing about what might have caused it on GU yet, but a 'series of explosions.'

Fuck. :(

[Stobart Stopper]

Bomb on bus at Russell Square.

[Rocket Romano]

Scotland Yard statement on TalkSport : Major police presence in response to 'climate' after Olympic Bid Win.

Sky now claiming two trains have collided

[energy release]

I would doubt that a massive power surge would cause problems at "selected" stations like this all across the city. It would require far too much power and wouldn't just affect the underground. Whole swathes of the city would be blacked out as well.

[jung offender]

i'm in a building Euston sq. and there's just been a boom and the building rumbled and it's a pretty fucking big building.

my window faces the direction of Euston. There appears to be a helicopter hovering above it now :(

[fucthest8]

Bomb on bus at Russell Square.

You getting this from your "source" Stobart??

[Sunspots]

Radio 5: interview with somebody at the scene who claims a policeman told him '30 people have died'. :(

*Absolutely unconfirmed, though.*

[energy release]

BBC TV 1 now showing live pictures

[Louloubelle]

sky news:

2 trains stuck in a tunnel at edgeware rd

[Rocket Romano]

AP maintaining power surge story.

Of all the British networks its good old CNN seem to be right on top of things

[Griff]

Bomb on bus at Russell Square.

What?

[Cloo]

Doesn’t seem like a terrorist attack to me TBH, or at least not of anyone who might spring to mind – it’s not exactly like the places would be maximum casualty targets.

I may yet be wrong on this but I’m just firmly of the belief that the moment you start thinking anything bad must be ‘the terrorists’ then you’re letting terrorists win. Note the word ‘terror’ in their name. I don’t doubt the threat but frankly they can fuck off if they think I’m going to live in fear of them.

[pogofish]

I just can't believe it's just a power surge. Power suges do not cause explosions

Transformers can explode though & when that happens, it is pretty nasty!

[Louloubelle]

my window faces the direction of Euston. There appears to be a helicopter hovering above it now :(


Could be the one with a live feed from sky news

[kea]

fahkin' hell.

[goldenecitrone]

Just been down to Edgeware Rd which is completely cordoned off. Loads of police and fire engines. Looks pretty serious. Rumours flying around but most people are saying it's a power surge that's caused the explosions. Fuck, hope it's not too bad. :(

[Stobart Stopper]

This is our 9/11.
My husband is here as he's off with a bad back. As soon as the news came through he said "bombs", 20 years of policing he's done, don't believe this shit about power surges. If you are in central London now get the fuck out, walk.

[Rocket Romano]

CNN have taken the power surge tagline off the air (could just be updating like)

[energy release]

it’s not exactly like the places would be maximum casualty targets.


Firstly, they are exactly places like that, and secondly, they would aim for maximum disruption. Assuming it is an attack, this is exactly what would could have expected.

[Louloubelle]

sky news:

National Grid: no problems this morning that could have contributed to a power surge

[Pie 1]

London Live reporting Tube network closed - whole thing. Due to a "major incident"

[Roadkill]

BBC site's gone down - GU are still reporting either a power failure or a collision.

[E. Coli]

we've just been told by the BTP that there's been a bomb on a bus in tavistock sq.

[energy release]

Transformers can explode though & when that happens, it is pretty nasty!



Not all over the city though.

[passenger]

national grid say no power surge

[Sunspots]

we've just been told by the BTP that there's been a bomb on a bus in tavistock sq.

WTF?!! :eek: :(

[mwgdrwg]

Reports of an explosion on a bus in Russel Square.

Power surge?!

[tribal_princess]

I would doubt that a massive power surge would cause problems at "selected" stations like this all across the city. It would require far too much power and wouldn't just affect the underground. Whole swathes of the city would be blacked out as well.


afaik the tubes on a different power source of its own incase shit like this happens :confused:

[lizardqueen]

A bus has exploded in Russell Square (Sky News).

Shit this is scary. All the people who have been evacuated from the trains are now in the streets, and now a bus has exploded. People are saying it was a bomb. :( :( I really hope this report is wrong

[Belushi]

Fuck :(

[Pie 1]

This is our 9/11.
If you are in central London now get the fuck out, walk.

Jesus, SS, stop being so hysterical FFS. We DO NOT KNOW what is going on yet.

[J77]

blimey - all stations suspended.

[Rocket Romano]

CNN now quoting

'Casualties following major incident believed to be a series of explosions on Londons' Underground'

'Metronet who maintain affected lines say linked power surges' are 'most likely' the cause'

[bouncer_the_dog]

Im listing to it on 5live, it sounds pretty serious at the moment. BBC site doesn't seem to be working. They are saying 'Power Surges' now, somthing to do with LU being on national grid.

[marty21]

shite

mrs21 was in liverpool street this morning, she was getting a train at 8.30 out to peterborough...she hasn't got a mobile, but she's off to see her dad and mum...she should have left by 8.30 and i'm sure she missed it all

[editor]

Fucking hell, if it's two tube trains then there will be hundreds, if not thousands of deaths.A little over-dramatic, no?

BBC site is down oddly enough, but Jon Gaunt is now referring to an "incident on a bus".

What's going on?

(thread title changed)

[Lisarocket]

Sky are definitely saying that a bus has exploded in Russell Square as one of their colleagues saw it.

They are showing pics of ambulances and casualties at Aldgate Station.

[Griff]

What the fuck is going on?

[Rocket Romano]

Sky News say bus blast at EXACT time that Underground 'power surge' took place

[Stobart Stopper]

Jesus, SS, stop being so hysterical FFS. We DO NOT KNOW what is going on yet.
I am not overreacting, this is serious. What I do know is that it's not a bloody power surge. How do you get apower surge on the top of a bus?

[energy release]

Sky are definitely saying that a bus has exploded in Russell Square as one of their colleagues saw it.


That's pretty definate.

[stroober]

Just heard on XFM that they have closed the whole tube system.

Still a suspected power surge...

[xes]

Fucking hell,this is terrible.

My heart goes out to anyone affected.

[Andy the Don]

I would doubt that a massive power surge would cause problems at "selected" stations like this all across the city. It would require far too much power and wouldn't just affect the underground. Whole swathes of the city would be blacked out as well.

London underground has its own electricity grid, so would not effect the best of London.

[Iemanja]

I have this terrible gut feeling that this could be a series of terrorist attacks due to the fact that we got the Olympics. I hope to god that I am wrong, but it just seems a coincidence that it's happening today of all days.

I don't think so! You don't seriously think that, do you? First of all something like this would take some planning and the assumption that London was going to win. Second of all, I really don't think the French, or anybody else for that matter, would be that sad...

Much more likely to be the power surge because the tube is in such a state of disrepair! :mad:

[energy release]

Interviewing someone now on BBC. He says one explosion was AFTER the evacuation began.

[fucthest8]

Much more likely to be the power surge because the tube is in such a state of disrepair! :mad:

Sure, but the bus report is a bit out of kilter with that explanation.

[Iemanja]

Sky are definitely saying that a bus has exploded in Russell Square as one of their colleagues saw it.

Oh, that changes things a bit...

What the hell is going on???

[Roadkill]

BBC site is now back up again, and reporting explosions caused by a power surge.

Can't see anything about a bomb on a bus yet.

FFS stobes, stop throwing wild ideas about. You don't know what's happening any more than anyone else.

[energy release]

Sure, but the bus report is a bit out of kilter with that explanation.


Fuck knows.

[Lisarocket]

Sky saying : Roof of a bus blown off...still to be confirmed by the police.

[editor]

Great Western have stopped their services beween Reading and Paddington.
Very odd.

[Rocket Romano]

British Transport Police Officer tells live witness on talksport his own 'opinion' is that a terrorist attack has taken place

[Fuzzy]

i wonder if Blair will extracate himself from the G8 meeting to see whats going on?

[energy release]

BBC site down, but video feed continues

[Rocket Romano]

Nexus North East suspend Metro services in Newcastle and Sunderland City Centre

Wtf the fuck is going on?

[Ms Ordinary]

afaik the tubes on a different power source of its own incase shit like this happens :confused:

It used to have its own power station (Lots Road) but apparently its been linked to the National Grid since 1994 info link (http://www.abb.com/global/gbabb/gbabb901.nsf!OpenDatabase&db=/global/gbabb/gbabb905.nsf&v=F4A&e=us&url=/global/seitp/seitp202.nsf/0/E6AEC21BD3EF9D1080256E9100553CEC!OpenDocument)

Presumably the power supply is still a separate system though?

[editor]

Natoinal Grid saying there's been no surge.

[Fuzzy]

what did the madrid bombers target - railways?

[Sunspots]

Roof of a bus blown off...still to be confirmed by the police.

Nothing about 'a bus' on Radio 5 yet. :confused:

Edit: they've just mentioned a bomb in a bin having gone off at Russell Square. -Same incident? :confused:

[energy release]

Nexus North East suspend Metro services in Newcastle and Sunderland City Centre

Wtf the fuck is going on?



Legimate action, just in case

[Pie 1]

Ldn Live reporting 'hearing' reports of the bus

[Griff]

Nexus North East suspend Metro services in Newcastle and Sunderland City Centre

Wtf the fuck is going on?

Jesus Christ, what's fucking happening?

[Mrs Magpie]

Buses are being used as treatment centres according to FiveLive

[mauvais]

BBC haven't mentioned the bus yet - the site still works for me, maybe because I'm abroad - but it seems to be definite, everyone else is on about it including Sky who had an eyewitness AFAIK.

BBC are saying ambulances and fire brigade showing 'no urgency' at certain stations.

[J77]

No ambulances have been called at Edgeware Road which is a good sign - bbc.

[flimsier]

This is our 9/11.
My husband is here as he's off with a bad back. As soon as the news came through he said "bombs", 20 years of policing he's done, don't believe this shit about power surges. If you are in central London now get the fuck out, walk.

Fuck off. This is not funny.

[Rocket Romano]

All the news sites are down and AP are crap

[corporate whore]

BBC London has no confirmation of bus incident, although Russell Square has been closed off.

Just tried making a mobile phone call or two. All lines busy..

[KeyboardJockey]

It used to have its own power station (Lots Road) but apparently its been linked to the National Grid since 1994 info link (http://www.abb.com/global/gbabb/gbabb901.nsf!OpenDatabase&db=/global/gbabb/gbabb905.nsf&v=F4A&e=us&url=/global/seitp/seitp202.nsf/0/E6AEC21BD3EF9D1080256E9100553CEC!OpenDocument)

Presumably the power supply is still a separate system though?

I think Lots Road was closed and the land sold for yuppie houses.

[Louloubelle]

sy news:

union officials have given unconfirmed reports of 'an explosive device found' (I think in teh tube - missed the last bit as my phone keeps ringing)

[Roadkill]

From GU site - which seems to be working for me.
10:15 update

Many hurt in tube chaos

Press Association
Thursday July 7, 2005

The whole of the London Underground system shut down today as an apparent power surge caused at least two explosions, wounded commuters, and plunged London's transport network into chaos.
British Transport police said several power surges had caused explosions across the network at Aldgate, Old Street, Kings Cross, Russell Square and Edgware Road. Emergency services crews attended wounded passengers outside Aldgate station, and there were reports of passengers covered in soot emerging from King's Cross. Travellers emerged from tunnels covered in blood.

Eyewitnesses reported "multiple casualties" at Liverpool Street.
One witness who had been in a train at the time of the explosions reported seeing "bodies everywhere" in the carriages and limbs lying in on the floor. Emergency services reported several injuries. Scotland Yard declared the emergency a "major incident".

The entire shutdown of the London Underground system is thought to be unprecedented. LU confirmed the incidents had been caused by "something to do with the power supply".

A British Transport police spokesman said that two trains remain stuck in tunnels at Edgware Road, but it is not known if they have collided or if passengers remain onboard.

"It's difficult to know exactly what is going on at the moment," he said. "The initial report came from Liverpool Street, but there are incidents occurring across the network."

He said that officers have been sent into the network to assist with rescue operations.

"Officers are working at tunnel and platform level to help get people out and to help find out what has happened," he said.

A Sky News producer who was evacuated from Kings Cross and was walking towards Russell Square reported seeing an explosion on a bus. He said the explosion on the bus was caused by a bomb, and said people with "blood injuries" emerged from the bus. Scotland Yard could not immediately confirm the report.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,1523084,00.html

[Hellsbells]

The bang I heard about half an hour ago must have been that bus blowing up. It's just round the corner from here :(

[Tank Girl]

Sky saying : Roof of a bus blown off...still to be confirmed by the police.my boss saw it happen :(

[Sunspots]

I just saw a fuck-off black helicopter fly over Bristol about five minutes ago. -It definitely wasn't the usual police one. Wonder if it's related? :confused: :(

[Lisarocket]

PA News person saw roof of the bus fly off in Russell Square.

[jugularvein]

I think Lots Road was closed and the land sold for yuppie houses.

what the fuck are you taliking about?

[Lisarocket]

my boss saw it happen :(

That can't be a power surge....surely
:confused:

[chegrimandi]

bloody hell - having travelled from highbury to brixton on the victoria line this morning to work quite glad I'm here and not anywhere there :eek:

what the fucks going on?!?!

[MysteryGuest]

what the fuck are you taliking about?


Lots Road - used to be the underground's own power station. afaik it was sold off a few years back. No need to swear, young man.

[editor]

Update: eye witness has shown BBC reporter some mobile footage of the back of a bus exploding near Euston Station with people "lying motionless on floor".

He thought it was a bomb.

Another eye witness at Kings Cross saw people leaving the station "covered in blood".

[g force]

Me too - from Stockwell to Oxford circus...there was nothing up to suggest a massive cross-network surge, other than no escalators. Very weird.

[Pie 1]

Ldn Live eyewitness reporting bus exploding - dreadful scenes etc

WTF!!!

[KellyDJ]

I'm so bloody lucky.

I'm on late shift this week so left half an hour later than usual so by the time I got to the station, all the lines had been suspended.

I would have been on the met line and got off at Aldgate around the time it happened. :eek: I'm getting goosebumps watching the news and seeing all the injured.

[J77]

Shit - people have died on the bus - eyewitness report.

Entire top deck blown off :(

[elliot]

I just got into work.. the tube is chaos

[Rocket Romano]

Surely Gleneagles would be a better target? Though I suppose 3/4 police force are in Gleneagles at the moment.

Echo's of Madrid at the moment

[past caring]

I don't know - maybe a bomb/explosion could have resulted in a power surge...fucking odd for the bus to go at the same time if unconnected. Power surge might well be something said to avoid additional panic... :(

[Griff]

Shit - people have died on the bus - eyewitness report.

Entire top deck blown off :(

Jesus Christ. :(

[Rocket Romano]

This is awful

We can get so fucking cocky with all these amber alert things and dodgy looking man next to suitcase that Fox etc put through.

This should set us back a bit.

So much dangerous speculation at the moment. Wish something was concrete

[Louloubelle]

SKY:
rail unions: one explosive device found on underground

[MysteryGuest]

I may yet be wrong on this but I’m just firmly of the belief that the moment you start thinking anything bad must be ‘the terrorists’ then you’re letting terrorists win. Note the word ‘terror’ in their name. I don’t doubt the threat but frankly they can fuck off if they think I’m going to live in fear of them.


Worth repeating imo.

[flimsier]

It's definitely a terrorist attack.

[knopf]

Worried Mrs tells me about explosion at Marylebone. :(

[jacobs steel]

It's on ITV1

[Rocket Romano]

SCOTLAND YARD STATEMENT

'Multiple EXPLOSIONS in London'

CNN

'Eyewitnesses dismiss power surge story, terror attack in London'

[harpo]

Bomb in bin in Russel Square too. Destroyed a bus. Reports of people killed

[maldwyn]

Scotland yard confirm multiple explosions across London

[pk]

Surely Gleneagles would be a better target? Though I suppose 3/4 police force are in Gleneagles at the moment.

Echo's of Madrid at the moment

"A better target"

WTF?

Apparently walking wounded in Edgware...

:(

Bullshit speculation isn't helping people reading this concerned about friends and family, by the way.

[PacificOcean]

Fuck.

Aldgate is my local station and I usally at the station around that time. For some reason I was running late this morning and all the police and fire engines were already there by the time I arrived. I then walked round to Liverpool Street, not knowing what was happening and they just started to evcauate as I arrived. I am at home now.

Power surge my arse. Sky news are saying the bomb on the bus went of a 8:50. Excatly the same time as the tube blasts.

[Louloubelle]

reports of explosions on 3 busses

sky news

[knopf]

... and explosions on 3 buses.

(sorry about that, Louloubelle -- beat me to it)

[Dubversion]

a friend at Transport for London has said: four definite bombs.

[energy release]

It's definitely a terrorist attack.


Ageed. No doubt already.

[Lisarocket]

BBC are now saying that there are reports of 3 bus explosions...

[madzone]

Fuck :( Keep safe everyone.

[ChrisFilter]

oh fuck :( so that's 4 buses, and 5 'power surges' on tube?

[flimsier]

I was terrified for a bit. My wife's on her way home but I don't care what people say. I've been trembling.

My wife is ok. I'm hoping for everyone else.

[wrysmile]

I'm so bloody lucky.

I'm on late shift this week so left half an hour later than usual so by the time I got to the station, all the lines had been suspended.

I would have been on the met line and got off at Aldgate around the time it happened. :eek: I'm getting goosebumps watching the news and seeing all the injured.

:eek: Scarey! Scotland Yard is now confirming explosions in a number of places, so no longer power surge stuff on tube.

This is really frightening, hope there's not too many hurt, or god forbid, dead.
:(

[editor]

Official police statement

At ten to 9 police called to Aldgate. Scene declared a 'major incident'.
Further reports of multiple explosions
Confirmed explosion of bus in Tavistock Place
Reports of numerous casualties.

[Rocket Romano]

This is shit
Really shit.

Thoughts to anyone in London, seems a million miles away at the moment. Hope all Urbanites and their family/friends are all ok.

[tom k&e]

Oh fuck.

This is going to be a disaster.

I'm sorry to be pesimistic, but if bombs have gone off on tube trains there will be hundreds of deaths.

[STFC]

Police have cordoned off the road outside work, we've been told to stay in the building.

Shit. My bird is stuck on a train just outside Liverpoool Street.

[Hellsbells]

does anyone know where the other buses were?

[flimsier]

Should I tell her to get off the bus?

[Sunspots]

This is shit
Really shit.

Thoughts to anyone in London, seems a million miles away at the moment. Hope all Urbanites and their family/friends are all ok.

Seconded. :(

[Dubversion]

I'm sorry to be pesimistic, but if bombs have gone off on tube trains there will be hundreds of deaths.


not necessarily.. entirely depends on scale of explosion.

[fucthest8]

Should I tell her to get off the bus?

I would

[past caring]

I was terrified for a bit. My wife's on her way home but I don't care what people say. I've been trembling.

My wife is ok. I'm hoping for everyone else.

Fucking sure mate - you've been through enough. Can't get hold of my missus on either mobile - constantly enagaged and she's out and about with her work up that way.....

[flimsier]

Fuck. Fuck.

[marty21]

Police have cordoned off the road outside work, we've been told to stay in the building.

Shit. My bird is stuck on a train just outside Liverpoool Street.

mrs21 was supposed to get a bus from liverpool street at 8.30, she doesn't haver a mobile so i can't get hold of her...shewas visiting her dad and mum so i had to ring them, probably worrying them as well...

[Belushi]

Fuck, I feel completely helpless, Im just calling my Nan and people to tell them me and my brothers are all okay :( :( :(

[flimsier]

Mobiles are almost always engaged.

[Dubversion]

this immediately after getting an email that my best friend tried to top himself. :(

[Lisarocket]

does anyone know where the other buses were?

BBC are saying Tavistock Square and Russell Square. No mention of where the other one is...

[editor]

I'm sorry to be pesimistic, but if bombs have gone off on tube trains there will be hundreds of deaths.Things really aren't helped by you - or anyone else - posting up wildly dramatic speculation.

[Griff]

This is sounding really fucking shit

[Iemanja]

I'm worried about my friend, who's been staying at my flat for a while... Last I heard from her she was on a crowded bus on her way to work... I texted her back telling her to go home and I haven't heard from her yet. Can't get through to her on the phone because the network is fucked! :(

I'm really worried!

[chegrimandi]

Mobiles are almost always engaged.

yeh I'm trying to make a couple of calls now - engaged.....

[Rocket Romano]

I'd guess that the networks are a bit overloaded at the moment and it might not be easy to just pick up the phone at the moment.

[chegrimandi]

BBC are saying Tavistock Square and Russell Square. No mention of where the other one is...


Marylebone, Whitechapel High Street according to ITV....

[energy release]

yeh I'm trying to make a couple of calls now - engaged.....



I'm surprise the phone network hasn't crashed completely yet.

[rutabowa]

all the mobile networks are fucked...

[Cid]

Latest from beeb:

Bus was Tavistock square outside BMA (not sure where the other two are)

Tube station they're showing on beeb is aldgate.

Explosions in Edgware Road, Kings cross, liverpool st, Aldgate east and one I missed I think

It is being said that the underground one was an electrical surge and some eyewitnesses seem to confirm this.

[editor]

I'm worried about my friend, who's been staying at my flat for a while... Last I heard from her she was on a crowded bus on her way to work... I texted her back telling her to go home and I haven't heard from her yet. Can't get through to her on the phone because the network is fucked!
!Many of the major mobile networks have gone down due to demand in the areas affected.

[Belushi]

This is turning into one of the worst days ever, Im sat here shaking and nearly in tears

[xes]

This is fucked up man.

just sitting here watching all the reports come in.

All i can do is hope that not too many people are dead. And that's a fucked up thought in itself.

[butchersapron]

Things really aren't helped by you - or anyone else - posting up wildly dramatic speculation.
Speaking of which Matthew Bannister on R5 just suggested that this might be the work of G8 protesters....

[harpo]

I'm surprise the phone network hasn't crashed completely yet.
It virtually has. I can't get texts through.

The bus bomb went off at 9.45

[Rocket Romano]

Anyone finding a reliable news service? I don't want to read and then re-iterate wild and unproven speculation that would cause offence here

[treefrog]

anyone heard from AS, crispy or mation? They were all in the city centre this morning and I haven't heard anything.

:(

[Soreenkid]

hms nelson is getting fucking awfully secure, i reckon am gonna be evacuated soon.

[jugularvein]

can't get through to girlfriend. out of the country. competely pwerless. she was getting a taxi from charing cross to gloucester road
:(
:(
:(

[Balbi]

first pictures of bus, completely mangled. no top deck at all.

thoughts to all in london

[g force]

At a time like this there is no reliable news source...

[energy release]

Just showed the bus on BBC1 - definetely a bomb.

[john x]

I bet the ....

Olympic 2012 bid people are counting their lucky stars that this didn't happen yesterday!

john x

[goldenecitrone]

Speaking of which Matthew Bannister on R5 just suggested that this might be the work of G8 protesters....

Yeah, right. And it's not fucking French sour grapes either. :mad:

:(

[Cid]

Anyone finding a reliable news service? I don't want to read and then re-iterate wild and unproven speculation that would cause offence here

BBC news 24 on channel 1 is on.

[editor]

Jon Gaunt show: eyewitness reports she saw the bus explode in front of her and describes seeing bodies and a scene of "carnage".

[secretsquirrel]

Fuck. Feel a million miles away here. Also trying to get through to friends. Just hope everyone is OK. I'm trying to remain calm rather assuming the worst but it really really doesn't look good. And I'm already thinking about the implications to everyone in terms of national security/ID cards etc etc IF this is as bad as it appears it could be.

My thoughts are with everyone up there. :(

[Badgers]

Really bad new :(

I woke late and was totally unaware of this until I blithered onto Euston station. Looks like there is little doubt that it was a terrorist attack. I guess we are not sure of the scale so far............

Really hope this is not another Madrid

[Sorry.]

Tube problems and Bus explosion were seperate incidents apparently. Former at about 8.45am, latter at about 9.45am. (according to an eye witness on BBC News24)

[editor]

Speaking of which Matthew Bannister on R5 just suggested that this might be the work of G8 protesters....FFS: what kind of idiotic moron is he?

[FridgeMagnet]

BBC news 24 on channel 1 is on.
Yes, lots of pictures, eyewitnesses. Definitely bombs on the buses.

[corporate whore]

Jon Gaunt show: eyewitness reports she saw the bus explode in front of her and describes seeing bodies and a scene of "carnage".

I'm listening to this too. Really shook up. Sounds awful. :(

[kea]

Speaking of which Matthew Bannister on R5 just suggested that this might be the work of G8 protesters....


fer gawds sake ...

fucking awful, this.

i'm in canary wharf, speculation we'll be evacuated but tbh it makes more sense to me to keep us all in here, since this doesn't seem to be targetted at buildings.

[Louloubelle]

I was meant to be in central London early this morning returning a 24 hour cardiac tape to the middlesex hospital

I stayed up working till 3 and woke up late or I'd be right in the middle of all this, possibly on the bus that blew up in Russel Square

I just phoned the hosptial and they said "we're on red alert - don't bother bringing it in today"

sitting here crying and shaking

[T & P]

Fuck. All those people... Jesus... :(

[bouncer_the_dog]

FFS: what kind of idiotic moron is he?

He is a terrible broadcaster... certainly drawn the short straw today.

Still this is scary stuff... been checking up on my London friends... all seem OK.

[Lisarocket]

first pictures of bus, completely mangled. no top deck at all.

thoughts to all in london

Just seen that :(

[STFC]

Bomb alert at work. Just been asked to close all blinds. Hands are shaking. Worrid about my girlfriend.

[Soreenkid]

Bet we never get told hold a G8 summit again

[Louloubelle]

fer gawds sake ...

fucking awful, this.

i'm in canary wharf, speculation we'll be evacuated but tbh it makes more sense to me to keep us all in here, since this doesn't seem to be targetted at buildings.

can you not just leave kea?
just walk home or something

*worries* :(

[Balbi]

hopefully that is it now. it's been quiet for a while.

[corporate whore]

Another eye-witness on BBC London says been told about 3 more bus explosions. :(

[oddworld]

this immediately after getting an email that my best friend tried to top himself. :(

(((dub)))

:( :( :(

[knopf]

Bomb alert at work. Just been asked to close all blinds. Hands are shaking. Worrid about my girlfriend.

Where abouts you working, mate? Me = 5 mins walk from Liverpool Street.

[jugularvein]

get everyone off the tubes and blow up the buses....is this what's happening????? fucking bastards :( :(

[energy release]

hopefully that is it now. it's been quiet for a while.



Don't count on it. Everyone should be very very careful now.

[etnea]

Jesus this is terrifying. Sitting here at work in Baker street on the verge of tears. My thoughts are with all those in the middle of this - think I missed it by minutes.

[harpo]

It's highly likely the people you're worried about and can't contact are all OK. Stay calm and wait til the mobile networks clear a bit.

[Griff]

Last thing I heard on the BBC news this morning was about a 'feel good factor' today after the Olympic win.


Yeah right. :(

[Rocket Romano]

Causalties being transported by bus to local hospitals

Eyewitness on tube train tells Sky 'Explosion occured on front of tube train which caused a derailment, passengers were evacuated through the rear exits of the train'

Hospitals on standard incident alert procedures

[Balbi]

fire officials and medics suiting up to go into aldgate

[ruffneck23]

my mate just called apparently according to sky news .... at least 3 bombs on buses jesus :eek:

[energy release]

get everyone off the tubes and blow up the buses....is this what's happening????? fucking bastards :( :(


That would be a typical pattern. Blow up people responding to initial blast.

[akirajoel]

This is all a bit scary innit? :(

[marty21]

mrs21 just rang...she left london before all this happened, probably 10 or 20 minutes before...she heard various rumours when she was on the train..but now she seems to be stuck in peterborough, so i might have to drive there to pick her up

[KeyboardJockey]

Just heard from work that all buses are stopped from entering zone 1 and all drivers have been ordered to check beneath them.

[xes]

It's highly likely the people you're worried about and can't contact are all OK. Stay calm and wait til the mobile networks clear a bit.
I certainly hope so.

(((everyone)))

[butchersapron]

FFS: what kind of idiotic moron is he?

And he's the friggin presenter!

[Fuzzy]

do you not think they should check the upper decks as well?

[Stobart Stopper]

We are waiting to see if Pig has to go in, they are really stretched as 2000 of them are up at G8. I will have to try to drive him in as far as possible if they ask him to go.

[STFC]

Where abouts you working, mate? Me = 5 mins walk from Liverpool Street.

On Houndsditch, mid-way between Aldgate and Liverpool St.

[past caring]

Just had a text from the missus - ok, thank fuck. Hoping that everyone else who's got people to worry about gets good news...

Both heer mobiles still constantly engaged, so maybe worth texting people if you need?

[Cloo]

OK, I am a bit scared now - I know my sis is OK, I assume brother is.

This sounds like a fear campaign to me above anything else, designed to scare people and cause disruption. Don't let them win.

[Poi E]

We are waiting to see if Pig has to go in, they are really stretched as 2000 of them are up at G8..

Bet somebody figured that.

[harpo]

Fuck, they've convened the Cobra committee. Cabinet Office Briefing Room A. Serious.

[Cloo]

PS 'Kin'ell, look how many users are online!!!!

[kea]

can you not just leave kea?
just walk home or something

*worries* :(


tbh our security level is such that i feel safer here than walking through central london to cross the river and get home (and i'm bloody well not using the thames foot tunnel to greenwich, today!! :eek: )

just realised my sister is probably in central london, have tried her phone, first it got picked up after one ring and it sounded like lots of noise in the background, then it went dead and i can't get through now ...

[Mr.Bishie]

Fucking madness! :(

[Mrs Magpie]

OK, I am a bit scared now - I know my sis is OK, I assume brother is.

This sounds like a fear campaign to me above anything else, designed to scare people and cause disruption. Don't let them win.
My thoughts exactly...I was in a bomb blast in the 70s (not hurt just glass in my hair) and no way would I let it make me change how I lived my life. The same still applies.

[Iemanja]

Where's Mation? I think she lives near one of the locations, I'm sure she's fine but obviously stuck on her way to work somewhere...

[corporate whore]

The mobile networks are busy, understandably. Don't assume the worst if you can't get through.