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Separate false alarms at Liverpool Street and Waterloo stations

 
Empty: Waterloo Station at midday today (Picture: Jack Hewitt)
Alexandra Rucki
26 June 2014

Two major stations in central London were evacuated this morning in separate incidents leading to delays for commuters.

Liverpool Street Station was blocked off this morning as police responded to a security alert.

Roads were closed while police investigated, but the incident turned out to be a false alarm.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/waterloo?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-223646-https://twitter.com/hashtag/waterloo?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#waterloo</a> being evacuated <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/se1" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-223646-https://twitter.com/se1" data-vars-event-id="c23">@se1</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/m1Nk2M9gV8" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-223646-http://t.co/m1Nk2M9gV8" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/m1Nk2M9gV8</a>— lara roussel (@laraloobrush) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/laraloobrush/statuses/482127452039565313" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-223646-https://twitter.com/laraloobrush/statuses/482127452039565313" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 26, 2014</a>

There were further chaotic scenes in Waterloo Station when a fire alarm went off at about 12.30pm.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">We were called to investigate a fire alarm at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Waterloo?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-223646-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Waterloo?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Waterloo</a> station but to reassure you there is no fire. We will be leaving the scene shortly.— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LondonFire/statuses/482130832178417664" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-223646-https://twitter.com/LondonFire/statuses/482130832178417664" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 26, 2014</a>

London’s busiest station was completely evacuated while the London Fire Brigade attended.

Fire crews found it was a false alarm by 12.45pm and the station was reopened.

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