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impact and you can feel the rocking of the train as the explosion went off. you see this big old flame and then the train stops in the tunnel. all of a sudden we smelt smoke and lights went out. i started worrying. i was shaking. reporter: it happened around 9:45 this morning near the l enfant plaza station. and this, this is the troublemaker. it s called a friction ring. it is part of the braking system and fell off a blue line train and hit the third rail and disabled two orange line trains that were following behind. those trains come to a sudden stop. hundreds of people stuck down below, frustrated by the silence from metro. we sat there for 30 minutes solid before anyone came through and gave us any information. nothing was said. we were pressing the button trying on get someone to say something. no one said anything. there was smoke on the train. people were coughing and choking and no one communicated anything to us. reporter: scores of fire and rescue work
the train as the explosion went off. you see this big old flame and the train stops in the tunnel. all of a sudden we smelt smoke and the lights went out. started worrying. i was panicking and shaking. reporter: it happened around 9:45 this morning near tl enfan station. this is the troublemaker. it is called a friction ring.br system. it fell off the blue line trail and hit the third rail and disabled two orange line trains following behind. those trains come to a sudden stop. hundreds of people stuck down below, frustrated by the silence from metro. we sat there for 30 minutes solid before anyone came through and gave us any information. nothing was said. we were pressing the button in the end of the car trying to get someone to say something. no one said anything. there was smoke on the train. people were coughing and choking and no one communicated anything to us. reporter: scores of fire and rescue workers deployed. metro s service between l enfant and smiths