Kings Cross Underground fire
- Title
- Kings Cross Underground fire
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:00:30
- Description
- The King’s Cross fire was a fatal underground fire in London which broke out at approximately 19:30 on 18 November 1987, and which killed 31 people. Here, journalist Lindsay Taylor describes his experience of the fire, and interviews another survivor (2 short clips).
- Contributors
- Lindsay Taylor
- Keywords
- London; Fires; Casualties; Underground railway stations; Kings Cross Underground fire (1987)
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LBC/IRN, "Kings Cross Underground fire". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/1045a00477014 (Accessed 27 Apr 2025)