Track fire at Downtown Crossing disrupts Red Line service

By adamg - 1/14/11 - 10:00 am

Smoke from what the MBTA described as "a minor grease fire" on the southbound side could be smelled as far away as Broadway, but the Boston Fire Department gave the T permission to resume service around 9 a.m.

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really?

By anon (not verified) - 1/14/11 - 10:09 am
#1

smell it as far as Broadway? wow. imagine that.

Broadway New York, or merely

By Jon_ (not verified) - 1/14/11 - 1:25 pm
#2

Broadway New York, or merely Broadway South Boston? lol

http://www.boston.com/yourtow

By boblothrope - 1/14/11 - 3:26 pm
#3

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/downtown/2011/01/red_line_service_resumes_after.html says it was track lubrication grease that probably got ignited by a hot metal fragment from a wheel. What's supposed to keep that from happening?

The breeze from a passing

By anon (not verified) - 1/14/11 - 4:07 pm
#4

The breeze from a passing train, or a quick hit from a fire extinguisher usually puts those out without the assitance of the fire department.

cooking grease

By anon (not verified) - 1/14/11 - 7:14 pm
#5

I was thinking it was cooking grease from one of those food stands that keep up their Christmas lights year round.

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