King's Cross fire
The King's Cross fire began at approximately 19:30 on 18 November 1987 at King's Cross St Pancras tube station, a major interchange on the London Underground. As well as the mainline railway stations above ground and subsurface platforms for the Metropolitan, Circle and &lt;a href="Hammersmith%20%26amp%3B%20City%20line"&gt;Hammersmith &amp; City line&lt;/a&gt;s, there were platforms deeper underground for the Northern, Piccadilly, and Victoria lines. The fire started under a wooden escalator serving the Piccadilly line and, at 19:45, erupted in a flashover into the underground ticket hall, killing thirty-one people and injuring 100.