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Tower Hill 'Fire' Incident Caused By Mobile Phone Charger, Police Confirm

'Someone's battery charger just caught fire next to me.'
Steven Hopkins
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London’s Tower Hill Station was evacuated shortly after midday on Tuesday after a fire alarm was triggered amid reports of a fire in a carriage.

Transport for London told HuffPost UK that they did not yet know what set off the alarm, but did not believe the incident to be “suspicious”.

A passenger on the Tower Hamlets train, Daniel Griggs, claimed on Twitter that “someone’s battery charger just caught fire next to me”.

The British Transport Police confirmed just after 1pm that the incident was thought to be caused by a “mobile phone charger overheating”.

First pics/reports from inside the carriage at Tower Hill fit the exploding battery theory pic.twitter.com/BOjCVad75v

— Alastair Reid (@ajreid) September 26, 2017

Incident at Tower Hill station is not suspicious. Fire believed to have been caused by mobile phone charger overheating. @LondonFire pic.twitter.com/LGC8LtEiXi

— BTP (@BTP) September 26, 2017

Blimey, someone’s battery charger just caught fire next to me on the tube at Towerhill. That gets the adrenaline going! Everyone’s safe!

— Daniel Griggs FIRP (@DeltaGenesisCon) September 26, 2017

Tower Hill Station closed after a small scale explosion in a bag , passengers fled in panic, injuries n stampede #London #fire pic.twitter.com/RBSRQQXRGK

— Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaGeoNews) September 26, 2017

Disruption to services on @circleline & @districtline whilst we respond to incident at Tower Hill. Update to follow. https://t.co/Gz0xaIzqm8

— BTP (@BTP) September 26, 2017

Severe delays btwn Barking to Earl's Court due to a fire alert at Tower Hill. Tower Hill station is closed. Replan: https://t.co/7vvV4ibd4O

— District line (@districtline) September 26, 2017

No service btwn Aldgate to Edgware Rd clockwise. Minor delays rest of line due to fire alert at Tower Hill. Replan: https://t.co/aF3Wpn82JX

— Circle line (@circleline) September 26, 2017

Tower Hill station is closed due to fire alert. @Districtline severe delays btwn Barking to Earl's Court Replan:… https://t.co/xqx1bCyZgG pic.twitter.com/Mj3pluCTRi

— tweetonlondon (@tweetonlondon) September 26, 2017

Officers have been called to Tower Hill station following a fire alert. The station is closed whilst officers and @LondonFire respond.

— BTP (@BTP) September 26, 2017

The incident comes less than a fortnight after the Parsons Green terror attack in which an explosive that failed to properly detonate during rush hour, injured thirty people.

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