Drums found at seat of fire
NZPA-PA London were empty or contained Six white spirit drums the volatile petroleum exwere found beneath the tract, with a flashpoint escalator where the disas- below room temperature, trous King’s Cross fire They could have held started, it was reported up to 150 litres of white yesterday. spirit, used by UnderThe “New Scientist” ground staff for cleaning magazine said that the the treads of escalators, drums were in the The discoveries would machine room beneath explain the mysterious the head of the escalator, “fireball” which survivors site of a “fire flash” described overtaking vicwhich engulfed most of tims running through the the 31 victims. It is not booking hall at the top of known whether the drums the escalator.
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Press, 15 January 1988, Page 6
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