Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 nouse at 11 00. Panic on train. One crazy evening commute, a bang led to an evacuation. Thank you for joining us im lucy noland. Trains are running again though delays well they have topped two hours tonight. A huge hassle all stemming from a power failure. Fox 29s brad sattin reports. Reporter well it was quite the scare for some septa passengers this afternoon when they thought their train was on fire. It was not but their confusion led to hours of aggravation for other septa passengers. Passengers walking on the train tracks near 30th street during rush hour. This after they heard a couple of loud banks and flashes around 5 30 p. M. On the train they were on and then someone yelled fire. There was no communication whatsoever by septa, and then people started pulling the windows out rubber seals around the window and jumping out of the car. Reporter septa says there was no fire. They need immediately stopped all Train Service in th
A power failure. Fox 29s brad sattin reports. Reporter well it was quite the scare for some septa passengers this afternoon when they thought their train was on fire. It was not but their confusion led to hours of aggravation for other septa passengers. Passengers walking on the train tracks near 30th street during rush hour. This after they heard a couple of loud banks and flashes around 5 30 p. M. On the train they were on and then someone yelled fire. There was no communication whatsoever by septa, and then people started pulling the windows out rubber seals around the window and jumping out of the car. Reporter septa says there was no fire. They need immediately stopped all Train Service in the area. Officials still not sure what announcements were made to the 500 passengers but in order to evacuate the train was not one of them. We dont evacuate anyone not in eminent danger we wont evacuate them until we have the proper personnel in place and those personnel include Police Officer