'The kettle is on': Londoners offering hot drinks to those affected by explosion

Emergency services were alerted at 8.20am on Friday to an explosion on a District Line Tube at the south-west London station.

Witnesses reported seeing several people hurt and "covered in blood" after a "flash and a bang".

Classic British response to an emergency & major incident: "I'll put the kettle on". Compassion and Communities come together #parsonsgreen pic.twitter.com/JTip11QHW0

— Jan Ståhlberg (@innov8_dk) September 15, 2017

As the station was evacuated and hordes of people flooded the area, Katy Dunn posted on Twitter: "If anyone is feeling shocked or confused at #ParsonsGreen, I'm round the corner and the kettle's on."

James Edge tweeted: "Anyone who's now stuck in Parsons Green/Fulham drop me a line and I'll get the kettle on! #ParsonsGreen."

Chelsea and Fulham Dentist, a five-minute walk away from the Tube station, also offered people a place to shelter.

Dentist Dahlia Sunba, who co-owns the practice with her husband, said: "I could see people wandering around aimlessly.

"We can see helicopters overhead. It's a little bit unnerving and people look slightly distressed.

"We have tea and coffee and biscuits. We're more than happy to give them a cup of tea or coffee.

"There's lots of plug sockets if they need to charge their phone or make a call."

Anyone who's now stuck in Parsons Green/Fulham drop me a line and I'll get the kettle on! #ParsonsGreen #bindadladki @QuotesShare

— Bindas Ladki (@bindasladki) September 15, 2017

On Facebook, Antonia Pugh-Thomas, who owns her self-named shop in Fulham Road, said: "Thank you to everybody who has checked in to see that we're okay in the shop as the Parsons Green bomb drama unfolds. We're safe.

"There is extensive police activity outside in Fulham Road and directly beside the shop.

"I've just offered the police use of our kettle and lavatory. At times like these a cup of tea and a wee help, I feel."

AP