King's Cross fire 25th anniversary marked
Today is the 25th anniversary of the fire at King's Cross station, in London.
31 people died when a discarded match is believed to have set fire to a wooden escalator.
Smoking was banned in all Underground stations five days afterwards and wooden escalators were phased out.
Nobody was ever prosecuted. Steven Hobson reports.
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