LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Kings Cross fire test

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:05:41

Description

Report from the scene on a fire test on an escalator at Kings Cross underground station to ascertain safety of the station following the 1987 fire which killed 31. Keith Moody, in charge of the technical side of the reconstruction, describes the test, and the changes which will need to be made. Scientists have discovered the trench effect, which deputy director of the explosion and flame laboratory John Barton explains. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Barton; Keith Moody

Keywords

London; Emergency services; Fires; Rail safety; Fire safety; Underground railway stations; Kings Cross Underground fire (1987); Kings Cross

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