European disaster exercise simulates Underground station collapse

What the London Fire Brigade describes as ‘Europe’s biggest ever disaster training exercise’ began on February 29 (Photo: London Fire Brigade).

UK: What the London Fire Brigade describes as ‘Europe’s biggest ever disaster training exercise’ began on February 29, with emergency response personnel from London being joined by firefighters from Italy, Hungary and Cyprus in a four-day simulation based on a scenario where a building collapses onto a London Underground station.

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