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Electrical fire closes London Paddington station
About 2,000 people were evacuated and trains cancelled or delayed due to an electrical fire at London Paddington.
The station was cleared at 19:30 BST due to the fire in an intake room, which London Fire Brigade (LFB) tweeted to say had been put out at 22:00.
Passengers were later let back into the station to wait on the concourse.
Matt Willis, of Arriva Trains Wales, said on Twitter that some services had departed, including the 22:30 to Reading and the 22:45 to Swansea.
(More at link)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40589754
Scary - I'm there quite often! At least it's good that no one was injured.
Why are there so many fires lately?