This time, an entire platform fills with smoke
By adamg on Fri, 01/30/2015 - 6:56pm
Firefighters evacuated the Downtown Crossing T stop around 5:00 p.m. due to smoke on the Orange Line's Forest Hills platform, from the Orange Line train that simply sat there, emulating a doorknob.
As with yesterday's Quincy Center incident, the T blamed a puff of smoke, this time from a failed train motor.
Beyond the Horizon reports it took two hours to get from Downtown Crossing to Malden.
Separately, the MBTA today apologized for not apologizing yesterday when riders kicked out the windows of that dead Red Line train when one car filled with smoke and the doors wouldn't open.
Evacuated riders on the street. Photo by Ethan Hresko.
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Could have been far worse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_wpnuaM5Ig
Train had a motor failure in
Train had a motor failure in one car that produced smoke. Motor was isolated and smoke subsided. Train was getting ready to leave (six car train can run with the motors on one car cut). Boston Fire Department struck an alarm though, told MBTA to hold train until they got there. Train sat there, BFD arrived, BFD evacuated station, BFD gave the train the once over and gave O.K. and let people back into station, train finally left. All other Orange Line trains in both directions had to sit and wait until the all clear was given. Maybe I'm being a bit of a Pesatuaro, but seemed like overkill.
If you call BFD and tell them
If you call BFD and tell them there is smoke in a subway station, or on a train, or in a building, they send a full response. You could even say the smoke is gone, but you said there was smoke, and at that point they have a responsibility to respond and address the issue. This happens many times, not just on the T, where the response is not necessary, and they quickly pack up and leave, but that is far better than a call not being taken seriously enough and someone getting hurt as a result.
This was at least the 2nd
This was at least the 2nd fire on the Orange Line today.
Was southbound into town this morning when I noticed a smoky smell. We were held at Haymarket and told there was a "small fire" between Haymarket and North Station. Operator seemed pretty blase about it.
Not a fire...
@Queen From what I read above,it wasn't a fire. So it's not the second fire today.
Pardon the expression, but the T has plenty of real problems. There is no need to add fuel to the fire and insinuate more.
Ask the General Manager?
Can anyone translate the explanation by the General Manager at Park street yesterday? The week started with two innocent passengers getting shot at Forest Hills and ended with puffs of smoke shutting down the system and heroic passengers being blamed for seeing something and doing something.
Missed rhyme op
"DTX fills with smoke, this time it ain't no joke."
Another story to forward to the IOC.
Nah. Doorknobs actually move.
Damn, you're right!
I blame the pseudoephedrine I'm dosed up on for a stupid cold. Well, that and the dramatic firefighter photo made it seem a bit more serious than just another dead train.