That severely damaged by electr arcing during mondays metro incident. This was in a tunnel south of the lenphant pla station. Now, early information from the nationfed s that when that arc occurred a Circuit Breaker, a safety component, tripped, cutting power to one section of track. But it would be another 46 minutes before the damaged section was completely cut off. When workers at Metro Operations Center tripped another Circuit Breaker by remote control. In the meantime ventilation fans had b turned on inside the tunnel but firefighters report were delayed by uncertaiy or weather the track they needed to get to rescue riders was still electrifie also hamper tharg efforts, just gettine doors open. Sours tell news4 that the type of railcar involved didnt have readily accessible emergency handles to open the doors. Firefigh in the tunnel were trying t get passengers to open them from the inside. Th couldnt. More than 80 people were injured as the tunnel and train filled with smoke. One
Derrick wa joins us live from Lenphant Plaza metro with the latest. Rep as you said indeed, we eo hear from the National Transp very soon about details, at le a preliminary report into what happened o an incident in the extreme, but not completely rare. Smoke in the tunnel happens every day. Metro says its almost a daily occurrence tra the rails resultin smoke. But with mondays incident where one woman died there is now a height and response like the one at the boston metro station this morning. A similar report at ft. Totten and another reported at twinbrook earlier in the afternoon. Injuries minor delays that was the extent of it. Riders are taking it in stride. I feel pretty secure on the metro. Maybe on the yellow line we get stopped the tunnel coming in but ive never felt unsafe. Reporte as the time line emerges, d promising her own inquiry focusing on response by police and fire. Weve captured all of the 911 calls during that period of time. Thi as the ntsb takes the lead in a th
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