London’s Baker Street Station was evacuated as fears of an abandoned car left near the tube station swept across Twitter.
Just been evacuated from #MetropolitanBar in #BakerStreet @lbc @StephWS pic.twitter.com/eq7BfSn84K
— David Hayes (@davidhayes_) November 19, 2015
WTF #baker street pic.twitter.com/V0p23pqwxX
— jas (@AjasminedayJas) November 19, 2015
Tweets and video show a police cordon around the normally-busy tube station.
https://twitter.com/wilmersbae/status/667459682404081666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/theianhamilton/status/667461662300094465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The area has been cordoned off by police, with suggestions that there had been a controlled explosion by police.
Police cordon at Baker Street for a security alert pic.twitter.com/CsOTTp4y3g
— Olly Barratt (@ollybarratt) November 19, 2015
Suspect car bomb on baker street pic.twitter.com/xHEwxlUwua
— Chaim Hochhauser (@ChaimHochhauser) November 19, 2015
It is believed police carried out a controlled explosion at the scene.
Police made a controlled explosion at Baker Street after a vehicle was abandoned, but no criminal investigation is being pursued, police say
— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) November 19, 2015
