Horror as trapped commuters on London tube smash glass to escape train after ‘fire’ at Clapham Common station: Builders with hammers battle to rescue panicked passengers
- Commuter smashes windows from outside after ‘fire’ at Clapham Common tube
Builders with hammers smashed a tube carriage’s windows this evening after the train filled with smoke.
Passengers were trapped on the London tube after the ‘doors wouldn’t open’ after a ‘fire’.
Footage from Clapham Common tube station showed passengers rammed against the doors as people on the outside tried to pry them open.
Tech sales worker Jake Sharp, 32, was on his way to see friends in central London when he saw the carnage unfold.
He told MailOnline: ‘There was a smell of smoke on the train, the train went down about five carriages into the tunnel and stopped, the train on the opposite side pulled in and people were running to get off the platform.
Trapped commuters on a London tube smashed the glass to escape a train after a ‘fire’ today
Footage from Clapham Common tube station showed passengers rammed against the doors as people on the outside tried to pry them open
A workman smashed the window of the tube carriage from the outside to help people escape
‘The whole time the carriages were filling with smoke and the doors did not or would not open and when we tried to open them they only opened maybe 10cm.
‘Thanks to the workman on the platform on their way home they had hammers and other tools to smash all the windows for everyone to get out.
‘[There was] no response from station staff at all even with everyone’s screams for help.’
He added: ‘TfL should be ashamed! The response from station staff was horrific!
MailOnline has contacted TfL for comment.
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