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Seconds from Disaster•Season 2•Episode 17

King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)

7.3/10 · 50 votesMay 19, 200647 min

Ranked #12 of 19 in Season 2•−0.1 vs season avg

On the night of 18 November 1987, a harmless match produced a small flame on the escalator at King's Cross tube station. Suddenly, the containable flame explodes rapidly into a fireball. It charges up the escalator and kills 31 people in the ticket hall 20m

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Season 2 Episodes19

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Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia)

Alpine Tsunami

Motorway Plane Crash (Freeway Plane Crash)

Mount St Helens Eruption (Mount St. Helens Eruption)

Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster (Capsized in the North Sea)

Kobe Earthquake (Killer Quake)

Crash Landing at Sioux City

The Bali Bombing (Disco Bombing)

Hotel Collapse Singapore (Hotel Collapse)

TWA Flight 800

Paris Train Crash (Runaway Train)

The Hindenburg (Hindenburg Airship)

Explosion in Peurto Rico (Puerto Rico Gas Explosion)

Skywalk Collapse

Amsterdam Air Crash (Plane Crash in the Suburbs)

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Cast2

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Richard Vaughn

Narrator

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Ashton Smith

Narrator (US)

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Episode Summary

"King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)" is episode 17 of Seconds from Disaster season 2. It scored 7.3/10 from 50 votes, ranking #12 of 19 episodes this season (season average 7.4). It aired on May 19, 2006.

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