On this day, 38 years ago, on November 21, 1987 (October 1, 1987 in the lunar calendar), a serious fire broke out at a London subway station. On the evening of November 18, 1987, a serious fire broke out at King's Cross subway station, London's busiest, killing 32 people and injuring more than 100 others. Queen Elizabeth II expressed shock at the catastrophic incident, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher went to the scene of the accident to inspect and went to the hospital to visit the injured. King's Cross Underground Station is the transportation hub of the City of London's Underground and the intersection of five major subway lines leading to the Northeast of England, Scotland and Yorkshire, receiving tens of thousands of passengers every day. According to reports, the fire at the subway station started in the machine room below an escalator. The fire spread rapidly, and thick smoke billowed and filled the crisscrossing underground passages. At that time, the passengers waiting at the station were in a mess. After the fire broke out, firefighters rushed over when they heard the news. Their fire-fighting work was once hindered because they did not obtain subway channel distribution maps and oxygen protective masks in time. Some firefighters ignored the smoke and entered the subway station to rescue passengers. As a result, one firefighter died and two others were injured. The fire burned for 4 hours before being extinguished.