This was the scary moment a packed commuter train caught fire at London Bridge as passengers were forced to leave the carriages.<br /><br />According to local media, London Fire Brigade was called to the fire on a Southern Rail train at 8:45am this morning (April 8) on the 7.56 Sutton to London Bridge train. <br /><br />According to the filmer, after commuters smelt burning on the train at the village of Cheam, a check had been performed at the next stop in Sutton where it was given the clear to continue its journey to London Bridge. <br /><br />Local media reported that fire was coming from the brakes of the train.<br /><br />While there are no reports of any injuries, complaints have been voiced on Twitter about staff members inaction to put out the fire, with one account @BeepStudios tweeting "Small fire developing for several minutes, staff look at it but don’t deploy extinguishers, fire services waiting outside as the flames grow higher."<br /><br />Following the incident Southern Rail tweeted "We advise NOT to travel through or to London Bridge this morning" and that services running through the station are heavily impacted.
