London Overground is experiencing severe delays after a fire broke out on a train at Dalston earlier this morning, where several were injured in the panic.
Status (Stratford - Richmond/ Clapham Junction): Severe delays due to earlier customer incident.
— London Overground (@LDNOverground) February 8, 2017
Dalston station was closed earlier following the alert, but has since reopened.
The London Fire Brigade confirmed three people were injured.
Police and paramedics were called to the scene at 7.30am on Wednesday.
Train incident at Dalston Kingsland overground station. Several walking wounded. Police & LAS on scene. Plz avoid station & area
— Hackney Council (@hackneycouncil) February 8, 2017
A BTP spokesperson said the fire was due to a "non-suspicious" electrical fault on the train.
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