services information we ll be putting out about this. sam, that s a pretty significant fire and it s leading to some very significant repercussions for your system. any idea what caused it? e don t have a cause for the fire, of course it is under investigation and, of course, the main thing that we need to do once the fire is under control is to assess the damage and to see how that s going to impact service further. sam you know, you get on the train. you take the train downtown. you don t know what bridge you go over. people trying to get in from connecticut, what lines are effected? what number, letters, so on and so forth? of course, it affects all of the metro north lines coming in, however, trains at outlying points, of course, are still operating. it s those that are in the vicinity of the bridge that will be held, and will not be able to go over the bridge.
time here. i guess we ve been on the story for about 20, 25 minutes or so. pilings on fire there. all around the supports for the bridge there, but it looks like, at least, the latest pictures we re going to do this. you ve seen the pictures from earlier where the fire was really burning really hot, and then we re going it loop in some pictures where it looks like things are beginning to be well, firefighters are getting a handle on it, really. we don t have a live picture right now to show you, but we can tell you as we look at these pictures from earlier, the most recent information is that firefighters are really getting a handle on this thing now and we heard a couple of moments ago from tom van nesn, we might get lucky here. the firefighters were able to get at it, get at the source of the fire. a lot of water on it, you heard tom say. so what happens next is that the moment that that fire is out, completely out, under control, you can get some inspectors and engineers from th
okay. we want to get you the latest information available to us at this time on that fire in new york. harlem. underneath the harlem bridge. the harlem side of the bridge, metro north railroad bridge. over the harlem river on the harlem side of the bridge. these are pictures from earlier. we ve heard from an mta spokesman. and that was important, because we getting an update on the fact all trains out of the grand central terminal have been suspended. let s see. i had a note here. we re talking about the harlem line. the hudson line, the new haven line. right? and then we spoke to tom van essen, chad, former new york fire commissioner, who gave us some information as well. but you ve got some information to share? i think it s going to be quite the nightmare for people that came in on the train from
he ll get directed that way. there s a significant fire there. completely engulfed. could be anything. you could be talking about the tar that could be on these cinders, on these boards. you know, the creosote, i can t even tell what that is under there. i can t eve either. let me ask the national desk and folks in the control room. any indication at all as to what s burning? it could also just be the embankment. this thing is attached to. true. you get anything? nothing. nothing. but we re working at it. trying to get a spokesperson from the fire department to help us out on this, but no word yet. this is like 126th street. way up there on the east side. we ll keep an eye on it and squeeze it there. there you go. there s the bridge. there you go. keep an eye on it and try to get additional information. no indicate anyone is injured or hurt, as to a cause for this, no indication whatsoever. amazing pictures.
caused all kinds of damage, power out in parts of bermuda up to three week. again it could have been an entirely different story. they re very thankful the storm passed a bit to the west of bermuda and did not cause the kind of damage did fabian did in 2003. reynolds, appreciate it. thank you so much, sir, and come on back home to us. circling back to the fire at the harlem river. chad, come on in here. information. perfect. no, no, no. take it away. metro north spokesperson says these are actually wood pilings that are surrounding the piling itself for the bridge, basically to protect the pilings from getting hit by a boat or a barge, and these are just the pilings that are on fire. it s on the manhattan side of the harlem river, and it is it s on fire. service is suspended until further notice on all three lines. the fire is not under control, clearly. no word when it will be.