BART officials warned passengers of major delays in all directions Monday afternoon due to smoke and a possible fire on a train at MacArthur station that required the evacuation of passengers from the vehicle.
The @SF BART alert account on X initially posted about delays shortly after 2:30 p.m., upgrading the incident to major delays a few minutes later. BART confirmed shortly before 3 p.m. that an eastbound train had to be taken out of service due to smoke and a possible fire on the train. All passengers were evacuated safely from the train and there were no injuries reported.The Oakland Fire Department confirmed that they have units at the station.At 3:10 p.m.
, BART resumed limited service in downtown Oakland in the SFO and Berryessa directions, but advised passengers that major delays would continue. Currently service on the Red Line was not available. Monday's incident is the latest major problem to disrupt transit service for the agency in the less than a month. In late July, a power outage and a fire at a substation closed several East Bay stations and impacted service for several days.
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