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Title: Ticket office fire leads to Maidenhead train station evacuation - 20 Nov 2012 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on November 20, 2012, 21:00:56 From the Windsor Observer (http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2012/11/20/64529-ticket-office-fire-leads-to-maidenhead-train-station-evacuation/):
Quote Maidenhead railway station was closed for 15 minutes this afternoon and evacuated due to a fire. Crews from the Maidenhead fire station attended a fire caused by a faulty light fitting at the station at 4pm with the station closed for 15 minutes while the small fire was dealt with. The station was evacuated as a precaution with passengers also not allowed to get off of alighting trains. Firefighter Crouch said: "I can imagine the people on the trains were not to happy, but the fire was contained to a small area, did not spread and caused no damage." Crews left the scene at 4.30pm. Title: Re: Ticket office fire leads to Maidenhead train station evacuation - 20 Nov 2012 Post by: Brucey on November 20, 2012, 21:04:41 Quote passengers also not allowed to get off of alighting trains ::) :DTitle: Re: Ticket office fire leads to Maidenhead train station evacuation - 20 Nov 2012 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on November 20, 2012, 21:09:26 Quote "I can imagine the people on the trains were not to happy, I thought it was the people who can't get on the trains at Maidenhead who are the unhappy ones ... :P ::) ;D Title: Re: Ticket office fire leads to Maidenhead train station evacuation - 20 Nov 2012 Post by: John R on November 20, 2012, 21:55:01 I'm surprised they managed to evacuate the station safely without state of the art emergency exits at the end of each platform.
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