King's cross tube tragedy
What Went Wrong: Countdown To Catastrophe · Season 3 · Episode 2
The story of the deadly Kings Cross fire on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground on November 18th, 1987. A simple cigarette butt or match falling into the space between the wooden escalator and the highly greased mechanism may have started the inferno that killed 31 and severely burned 143 people commuting through the tube station that day.
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Season
3
Episode
2
Air Date
29/Dec/2022
Air Time
—
Runtime
52 min
Overview
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The story of the deadly Kings Cross fire on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground on November 18th, 1987. A simple cigarette butt or match falling into the space between the wooden escalator and the highly greased mechanism may have started the inferno that killed 31 and severely burned 143 people commuting through the tube station that day.
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