London station evacuated after e-cigarette explodes

British police evacuated London’s Euston station on Tuesday night after a small explosion, most probably caused by an e-cigarette in a bag, prompted a lock-down and sent dozens of armed officers racing to the scene.Britain is on high alert after a series of militant attacks in London and Manchester this year that have killed 36 people.Earlier on Tuesday, Liverpool airport was evacuated and passengers kept on their planes while a bomb disposal team dealt with a suspicious package. It soon returned to “business as usual”, a spokesman said.At Euston, one of London’s busiest train stations, people were seen on clips on social media running out of the building.“Officers are currently at Euston station responding to a security alert,” the British Transport Police said in a statement. “We are investigating but there appears to have been a small contained explosion which is believed to have been caused by an e-cigarette which was in a bag at the station. No one is believed to have been injured.”