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Charing Cross station fire The fire was on a train at platform six of Charing Cross station
Charing Cross Station in central London has been closed after a fire on a train.
London Fire Brigade said 5% of one carriage was alight on platform six but this has now been put out.
Firefighters are now dealing with smoke which has spread to an adjacent hotel. There have been no reports of any injuries.
Network Rail said the station would reopen this afternoon but disruption was expected to last until 15:00 GMT.
Currently trains are being diverted to London Victoria or London Bridge.
Transport for London said the Underground station was closed for about 15 minutes before reopening.
The fire brigade was called at 10:52 GMT and the fire was put out soon afterwards.
Fire at Charing Cross Station
Vincenzo Minore, who was a passenger on the train, said: "There was panic - you are sitting on a train and hear a blast and see a lot of lights and don't know what it was."
He said there were about 30 to 40 people on the platform at the time of the blast and it took a few seconds until people realised what was going on.
He added that as people were running in different directions, it took about 15 minutes to evacuate the platform.
Annika Anwary, who works in the station and saw the fire, said: "There were quite a lot of flames and flashing lights.
"People were just all running out of there. Most of them had already left by the time I came up.
"They tried to stay calm but there were definitely people running."
Staff are now being allowed back into the station but it is still closed to passengers.
