Fire brigades, using detection equipment, recorded a high level of gas in the atmosphere. About 1,450 people were evacuated from a nearby nightclub and a hotel, the service said on its website.
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Earlier, London police reported that in connection with a gas leak on Strand Street, authorities had evacuated some of the commercial organizations and hotels in the Westminster area "as a precaution."
Police tape closing road around The Playhouse/Charing Cross Station. Seeing tweets suggesting a gas leak. Reports hotel & nightclub evacuated. #london pic.twitter.com/n2qpMgYVau
— Sally Hayden (@sallyhayd) January 23, 2018
NEWS: One of London's busiest railway stations is closed because of a gas leak nearby. There's major disruption at Charing Cross — which is in an exclusion zone set up while engineers fix the problem.
— Wave 105 (@wave105radio) January 23, 2018
1,450 people evacuated in #London after gas leak https://t.co/pELujnIpdA pic.twitter.com/XKFKkSGLyt
— Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) January 23, 2018
The fire service notes that the railway station Charing Cross was also closed as a precautionary measure.