Dalston Kingland: Commuters forced to walk on tracks after passenger’s battery pack explodes

A commuter train has been evacuated in London after passengers reported smoke coming from a carriage after an electrical issue.

Videos from the incident at Dalston Kingsland, east London, show people standing alongside the tracks and along the platform at the London Overground station.

In the footage, a man in a high-visibility jacket can be heard telling commuters ‘it was a small fire’, while the person who posted the clip claimed that smoke was causing ‘chaos’.

It’s believed that London Ambulance Service and police attended the scene and the train was evacuated at around 7.14 am.

The Metropolitan Police in Hackney have since tweeted to confirm that there had been a ‘reported issue with electrics on the train in the station’, but it has since been declared safe.

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London Fire Brigade in Hackney also said crews from Stoke Newington were called to the incident.

Confirming the incident, a London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said crews were called at 7.36am to an incident at the station.

She said: ‘We sent four ambulance crews, a single responder in a car, an incident response officer and our hazardous area response team (Hart) to the scene.

‘We are treating a small number of patients at the scene for minor injuries.’