A SEPTA Regional Rail train traveling from Philadelphia to Delaware caught fire Thursday evening in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, prompting a terrifying evacuation for the 350 passengers on board. The incident occurred around 6:15 p.m. near Crum Lynne, forcing SEPTA to halt services on the Wilmington-Newark line. Passengers described a harrowing experience, with smoke first reported and then the train car catching fire.
A SEPTA Regional Rail train traveling from Philadelphia to Delaware caught fire Thursday evening in Delaware County , Pennsylvania, prompting a terrifying evacuation for the 350 passengers on board. The incident occurred around 6:15 p.m. near Crum Lynne, forcing SEPTA to halt services on the Wilmington-Newark line. According to SEPTA officials, the fire originated in the first car of the six-car train. The train had departed Center City when smoke was first reported.
Fortunately, all passengers were successfully evacuated before the blaze engulfed the first car. SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch stated, 'It was at some point after that it was discovered that the first car of the train was engulfed in flames but by that time passengers fortunately had been evacuated.' A passenger, Dnasia Buckner, recounted the harrowing experience. She described how everything seemed normal as they left Philadelphia. However, between Ridley Park and Norwood in Delaware County, a strange smell emerged from the car she was in. Buckner explained, 'We had to get up and relocate to another car and then we had to get up and relocate again and that’s when I started to see smoke coming from the side of the train. And, as people were walking by, they said the train’s on fire, but the conductors aren’t saying anything. And, eventually they opened the doors and we got off.' Buckner estimated they smelled smoke for around 15 minutes before evacuating, with the entire disembarkation process taking another 15 minutes. Video footage from the scene showed smoke billowing from one of the train cars. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Friday morning that a team of investigators will be arriving to probe the cause of the train fire
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