Car blown up outside London’s Kings Cross St Pancras Station

• Emergency services responded to an incident near St Pancras Station in central London on Tuesday following reports of an unattended vehicle outside the station.
• The Metropolitan Police carried out a controlled explosion on the vehicle, which was subsequently examined and declared non-suspicious.
• St Pancras Station was briefly evacuated and main entrances to Kings Cross St Pancras tube station were temporarily closed at the request of police.
• The security incident caused temporary travel delays across several transport networks, including Eurostar and East Midlands Railway services.
• Normal operations resumed shortly afterwards within approximately 15 minutes, with Transport for London and National Rail confirming all services are now running as usual.

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Bomb squad carry out ‘controlled explosion’ of unattended car close to London Eurostar terminal