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		</div><p>Passengers were evacuated from Holborn station in London&#8217;s West End today amid reports of a fire.<br />
The Central Line&#8217;s Twitter account said the station was closed &#8220;while we respond to a fire alert&#8221;.</p>
<p>It said trains were initially being held at the station while a &#8220;faulty train&#8221; was inspected.<br />
Several people posted on social media that they heard bangs, followed by smoke and panic. User Sophie Walker posted: &#8220;Holborn station evacuated, there&#8217;s smoke and people are crying and freaking out &#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Al Gwatkin, 43, from Chelsea, was getting off the Piccadilly line to transfer on to the Central line at Holborn when the incident happened. &#8220;All of a sudden everyone came running out saying &#8216;they&#8217;ve evacuated the station&#8217;. &#8220;You don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s terrorist-related. You&#8217;re just like &#8216;oh my God, get out of here&#8217;. There was panic down there. People were screaming,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>A member of staff outside the station said there had been a problem with a train and emergency services were investigating. Two fire engines, a police van and an emergency response unit were parked outside the station.</p>
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