Federal officials are set to probe a fire on a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority train that forced more than 300 passengers to evacuate.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would examine the incident, reported around 6 p.m. on Thursday on Train No. 3223.
The train was traveling toward Wilmington on the Wilmington-Newark Line. It was stopped outside Crum Lynne Station near Ridley Park when passengers reported smelling smoke in the lead car.
“To our customers, I want to stress that we are grateful of the trust you put in SEPTA,” Scott A. Sauer, interim SEPTA general manager, said in a statement. “We regret the worry and inconvenience that this caused. We know your time is valuable and we will continue to prioritize your safety as we do our best to make our service more reliable and efficient.”
Passengers on trains No. 7241 and No. 9225, traveling behind train No. 3223, to evacuate.
“The system is safe. We have no indication anything happened last night that is impacting other rail cars that we have in service,” SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch told FOX 29.
