Taxi drivers giving free lifts to people affected by the tube explosion

Local cab company Hayber Cars offered lifts to people free of charge following the incident.

"All our drivers are out," a company spokesman told The Independent, adding that employees who had done the night shift had returned to work.

"We're offering free rides across the capital to help people out."

Ride-hailing app Uber also said trips taken using its service would be refunded and the company's 'surge' charge had been switched off.

The company was also criticised after the London Bridge attack earlier this year, when people attempting fleeing the area were charged high fares. On that occasion it also switched off surge price and refunded the customers.

At least 22 people were injured by the Parsons Green blast, which Scotland Yard is treating as a terrorist attack.

A manhunt has been launched to find the person who planted a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

Other local residents offered to open up their homes to people affected by the explosion. On Twitter, Katy Dunn said: "If anyone is feeling shocked or confused at Parsons Green, I'm round the corner and the kettle's on."

Emma Stevie, 27, described a 'human stampede' after the bomb went off. Lidl will help police after their bag was used to house bomb

Supermarket Lidl has offered to assist a police investigation into the terrorist incident on the London Underground, after one of its bags was apparently used to hold the improvised bomb. The German-owned grocery chain issued a statement just hours after social media photos of the affected District Line carriage showed a still-burning bucket inside a Lidl-branded reusable bag. 'We are shocked and concerned to have learned of an incident at Parsons Green this morning and our thoughts are with those affected,' Lidl UK said. People got squashed and crushed going down the stairs. Police evacuated everyone from the scene pretty quickly.