On Nov. 23, 1984, a fire at Oxford Circus station - the busiest on London's Underground - trapped almost 1,000 passengers in smoke-filled tunnels for three hours. The flames started started in a storage room. Police officer Karen Tokins told the BBC: "People started to panic when they realized they could not get out."
February 27, 2008
OXFORD CIRCUS - 1984
On Nov. 23, 1984, a fire at Oxford Circus station - the busiest on London's Underground - trapped almost 1,000 passengers in smoke-filled tunnels for three hours. The flames started started in a storage room. Police officer Karen Tokins told the BBC: "People started to panic when they realized they could not get out."
