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Sparks and smoke pour out of bag causing panic on Tube

Commuters fled a busy Tube station in panic today after a passenger's electrical device overheated, causing sparks and smoke to pour out of his bag.

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Battery 'appeared to overheat' sparking Tube panic

It looks like a battery in a passenger's device which he had in his bag has overheated, and that is what caused the sparks and smoke to come from his bag.

We don't know what the device is, if it is a laptop or a computer.

He then approached staff and explained what happened. Our officers are on their way to Chancery Lane station to speak to staff and get his details.

We are not treating it as a suspicious incident, and nobody was hurt.

– British Transport Police

Eyewitness: Everyone ran off the train screaming

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Passengers 'run screaming' from Tube as smoke pours from bag

Commuters fled a busy Tube station in panic today after a passenger's electrical device overheated, causing sparks and smoke to pour out of his bag. Passengers screamed and ran out of Chancery Lane station in central London while others were in tears following the security scare at 9.30am.

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A British Transport Police spokesman said the man who owned the device immediately got off the Tube and spoke to staff after he realised his device was smoking. They said no one was hurt in the incident, and it is not being treated as suspicious.

READ MORE: Eyewitness: Everyone ran off the train screaming

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