Explosion in Washington DC metro stations, people evacuated

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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