Editing King's Cross fire (section)

== Victims ==
Thirty-one people died in the fire and 100 people were taken to hospital,{{sfn|Fennell|1988|p=17}} 19 with serious injuries.{{sfn|Croome|Jackson|1993|p=459}}

LFB Station Officer [[Colin Townsley]] was in charge of the first pump [[fire engine]] to arrive at the scene, and was in the ticket hall at the time of the flashover. He was killed in the fire; his body was found beside that of a badly burnt passenger at the base of the exit steps to Pancras Road. It is believed that Townsley spotted the passenger in difficulty and stopped to help her.{{sfn|Fennell|1988|pp=78–79}} An initially unidentified man, commonly known as "Michael" or "Body 115" in reference to a mortuary tag, was identified on 22 January 2004, when forensic evidence confirmed he was 73-year-old Alexander Fallon of [[Falkirk]], Scotland.<ref>{{cite news |last=Duffy |first=Jonathan |title=Solved after 16 years – the mystery of victim 115 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3419647.stm |url-status=live |work=BBC News |date=22 January 2004 |access-date=28 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040204070042/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3419647.stm |archive-date=4 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How the final King's Cross fire victim was identified |url=https://www.btp.police.uk/latest_news/alexander_fallon.aspx |publisher=[[British Transport Police]] |year=2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213084305/https://www.btp.police.uk/latest_news/alexander_fallon.aspx |archive-date=13 December 2012}}</ref>