Ms Chandler later added: “I saw two firefighters on platform nine not looking too worried.” The British transport police told Express.co.uk that it signaled an alarm after a person got stuck in an elevator. A spokesman said: “This was due to the activation of the fire alarm. There was no fire, someone was stuck in an elevator and signaled an alarm. It reopened at 2.20 pm.” Shortly after the evacuation, the Greater Anglia rail company said in a post: “Due to the fire alarm sounded at a station in #Stratford: READ MORE: Nightmare for pubs as smoking in a pub could be banned A spokesman for the London Fire Department confirmed that there was no fire at the station. They said it “sounded like a fire alarm” and crews had been deployed to investigate. A Network Rail spokesman also confirmed that it signaled a fire alarm. They added that the station reopened around 14.30.
