Washington: An explosion took place in the mechanical room of Washington DC’s Tenleytown and Friendship Heights Metro stations. People were evacuated after the report of explosion.
Witnesses describe a chaos and poor communications by metro staff.
Tweets :
Track inspections underway now following earlier smoke incident, possibly the result of electrical arcing, near Friendship Heights. #wmata
— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) 24 April 2016
The root cause has not yet been determined. There were no injuries. Buses will substitute for trains until inspections are complete. #wmata — Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) 24 April 2016
@wmata getting set to remove train & send to 'yard' - @dcfireems#Tenleytown station https://t.co/5GvGXiwo4r pic.twitter.com/ZQowxmyrvm
— RT America (@RT_America) April 24, 2016
8 fire trucks outside Tenley #metro. Ambulances too. Ppl evacuated saying explosion and fire. #wmata#dc
— Travis Van Horn (@TravisVanHorn) April 23, 2016
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