WCVB NewsCenter 5 At 1100 October 27, 2016
Jorge that is right. We heard from a couple of people inside of the train. As you can see, the Back Bay Station open, the orange line back up and running at this hour in sharp contrast to the panic at rushhour this afternoon. Quarter to 5 00, the inbound orange line train was leaving Back Bay Station. An officer was patrolling the platform area and observed an arc and electrical arc as the train was exiting the station. Jorge an overheated motor motor caught fire, and that triggered a trash fire...
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