'A FIREBALL SHOT AT MY HEAD'
Parsons Green terror attack victim whose hair was charred describes burned commuters and panicked human stampede
A VICTIM of the Parsons Green Tube terror attack has told of the horrific injuries commuters suffered, and how he cowered on the train fearing a larger blast was imminent.
posted a series of snaps showing his scorched scalp after the "fireball" erupted on the District Line this morning, while another woman with burned legs was pictured being treated by paramedics.
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Others injured included a young schoolboy who had to be carried from the scene by firefighters.
Peter Crowley wrote: "Chard head from the fireball at #ParsonsGreen [sic]".
Speaking to the BBC, he added: "I was on my phone with my face to the side of where the explosion took place.
"I heard a large bang [...] then this fireball above my head has come... singed all my hair.
"I have got burn marks at the top of my head, and everyone just ran off the train. It was quite scary.
"It was a really hot intense fireball above my head. I've got red marks and burns on my head but there were others with worse injuries than me.
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"I saw a gentlemen with a puffa jacket - the whole back of that had been burned where the intense heat got to it.
"He had burn marks across his face which were worse than mine. A lot of people in shock, a lot of people upset.
"Mostly it was facial injuries."
The photos show how the hair on his head has been singed off after the bucket bomb exploded in a Lidl bag as commuters made their way to work.
His forehead also looks red and burnt and his eyebrows appears to have been scorched by the "fireball".
This morning's terror attack left commuters with facial burns after a "fireball flew down a carriage" and injured about 20 people.
People fled the station screaming as the blast sent flames flying, with a reporter at the scene saying people are "really badly burned" adding that "their hair was coming off".
An onlooker said a "fireball flew down a carriage" with panicked commuters diving out an open door at the South West London station.
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What we know so far:
- A homemade bucket bomb connected to a timer sent a "fireball" hurtling through an eastbound District Line Tube at Parsons Green at around 8.20am
- The Metropolitan Police confirmed they are treating the horror as a terror attack and have identified a suspect using CCTV
- 22 people have been taken to four hospitals across London including a young boy believed to have suffered serious burns to his legs
- Train services through the area have been halted and a wide cordon put in place after terrified commuters were injured in a "stampede"
- Theresa May has confirmed the UK terror threat level will remain at severe but security will be beefed up on trains following the "cowardly" attack
- Initial reports falsely suggested a knifeman was on the loose and a second bomb was being detonated
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A picture believed to have been taken on a District Line train shows the burning plastic bucket with wires coming from it.
A witness told The Sun: "It was absolute chaos, no I didn't hear anything just everyone started running and screaming.
"People were trampling over each other on the stairs to get out. Men climbing over school kids. It was horrible."
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A BBC reporter said she saw a woman taken to hospital with burns "from top to toe" amid the chaos.
She added: "I have just seen a woman who was just there, she was just stretchered out.
"Her legs are wrapped up and she has been burnt, she has burns to her face, she was conscious, she was taking some pain relief and some oxygen but clearly people have sustained burns.
"She seemed to have burns all over her body from top to toe."
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