2015. Good morning, im Lauren Lyster in for annemarie green. Federal safety officials believe a spike in electricity caused a deadly smoke condition in a washington, d. C. , subway station. The blinding smoke quickly filled the plaza metro station yet afternoon. Hundreds were evacuated from the station and a stalled train. One person died and dozens suffered from smoke inhalation. As mola lenghi of our Washington Station wusa reports, subway riders say they were overcome very quickly. I was on the train, and it just stopped and almost instantaneously got full of smoke. Reporter as smoke filled the metro train and tunnel, passengers say the conductors urged them to remain calm. Please stay calm. Please stay calm. Weve got one train about to get off the platform right now as we speak. People were getting out of hand. They were panicking. The next thing you know, you other on the train. From the smoke . Right. A lot of people were on the floor because it was very strong. On the floor . Ye
This is the cbs morning news for tuesday, january 13th, 2015. Good morning, im Lauren Lyster thanks to annemarie green. The blinding smoke in the plaza station yesterday afternoon. Hundreds were evacuated from the station and a stalled train. One person died and dozens suffered from smoke inhalation. As mola lenghi reports, subway riders say they were overcome very quickly. I was on the train, and it just stopped and almost instantaneously got full of smoke. Reporter as smoke filled the train, passengers say the conductor urged them to remain calm. Please stay calm. Please stay calm. Get off the platform right now as we speak. People were getting out of hand. They were panicking. The next thing you know you couldnt see from one end to the other on the train. It was very strong. On the floor . Yeah. It just got really bad. People were throwing up. I know one lady passed out. How were you able to eventually get off . The fire guys finally got there, and i guess they pried the door open.