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Bank Underground station evacuated after a fire alert

Published 20:06 8 Aug 2018 BST

Updated 21:08 8 Aug 2018 BST

Darragh Murphy
Bank Underground station evacuated after a fire alert

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It has now been re-opened

London's Bank Underground station was closed at around 7.20pm on Wednesday evening due to a fire alert. According to officials, a "train was alight". Around an hour later, the station was re-opened, with services "stopping normally," according to Transport for London. Passengers smelled smoke in the station before it was evacuated, according to several reports. TfL tweeted: "Bank/Monument: The station is currently closed. "This is while we investigate a fire alert." Thousands of Londoners faced delays to their commute as the police and fire services attended the scene. Fundscape UK tweeted the below photographs of the incident. https://twitter.com/FundscapeUK/status/1027261415936208896

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