The King's Cross fire occurred in 1987 at King's Cross St Pancras tube station in London, England, causing 31 fatalities. It began under a wooden escalator before spreading into the ticket hall in a flashover.
A police car, three fire engines and an ambulance outside King's Cross
The now-decommissioned wooden escalator at Greenford station (seen in 2006), similar to the one that caught fire at King's Cross
Memorial plaque with the clock to the 1987 fire in the station
Memorial to the 1987 fire in St Pancras New Church
King's Cross St Pancras tube station
King's Cross St Pancras is a London Underground station on Euston Road in the Borough of Camden, Central London. It serves King's Cross and St Pancras main line stations in fare zone 1, and is an interchange between six Underground lines. The station was one of the first to open on the network. As of 2022, it is the most used station on the network for passenger entrances and exits combined.
Entrance on Euston Road on King's Cross station concourse
Interior
Memorial plaque with the clock to the 1987 fire in the station
Northwest entrance to the Western ticket hall under St Pancras