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(CBS) Three subway stations in London's Underground were evacuated midday Thursday, following reports of what's only being described as incidents.
Emergency services also were responding to a report of an incident on a bus in east London, police said.
A London Underground spokesman said there are no reports of casualties, and police said they were not treating the evacuations as a "major incident."
Police said the Warren Street, Shepherds Bush and Oval stations have been evacuated.
One report said some sort of a nail bomb exploded at the Warren Street station.
All the trains in London's vast underground system have been shut down, reports CBS News Correspondent Richard Roth.
Roth reports one eyewitness described hearing "explosions that sounded like champagne corks popping."
"People were panicking. But very fortunately the train was only 15 seconds from the station," witness Ivan McCracken told Sky news.
McCracken said he smelled smoke, and people were panicking and coming into his carriage.
The incidents come two weeks after bomb attacks targeting three underground trains and a bus in London killed 56 people, including four suicide bombers.
"It's a complete mirror of the previous attack," terrorism expert Neil Livingstone told CBS News.
Emergency services also were responding to a report of an incident on a bus in east London, police said.
A London Underground spokesman said there are no reports of casualties, and police said they were not treating the evacuations as a "major incident."
Police said the Warren Street, Shepherds Bush and Oval stations have been evacuated.
One report said some sort of a nail bomb exploded at the Warren Street station.
All the trains in London's vast underground system have been shut down, reports CBS News Correspondent Richard Roth.
Roth reports one eyewitness described hearing "explosions that sounded like champagne corks popping."
"People were panicking. But very fortunately the train was only 15 seconds from the station," witness Ivan McCracken told Sky news.
McCracken said he smelled smoke, and people were panicking and coming into his carriage.
The incidents come two weeks after bomb attacks targeting three underground trains and a bus in London killed 56 people, including four suicide bombers.
"It's a complete mirror of the previous attack," terrorism expert Neil Livingstone told CBS News.
