LONDON (AP) - Hundreds of people were evacuated from pubs and restaurants Saturday night after eight people reported feeling ill at a nearby north London rail station, police said.
Sgt. Bob Alleway of the British Transport Police said officials did not believe there were any terrorist links to the incident and that no one was hospitalized.
``One of them complained it was like exhaust fumes, so maybe it was just a bus outside the station or something,'' he said.
A scientific team in the fire department confirmed that there was ``a chemical incident of some sort,'' at the Enfield Chase train station, said Alleway.
James Greer, 45, a chef at the Beautiful South restaurant, said a fire official came into the business and told everyone to leave. The road was full of ambulances and fire crews, he said. ``People were swarming all over the place in massive yellow suits.''
Three people who worked in buildings in the United States where anthrax has been detected are being tested for the disease in Britain. (Read photo caption below) Two of them worked in Florida, one in New York. Their nationality has not been revealed.