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22 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Breaking: @dcfireems on the scene at Gallery Place with train stopped about 200 feet into the tunnel on tack 2. Lots of passengers have been calling 911.
@dcfireems UPDATE: Initial report to be 3000 series cars. Possibly as many 100 people on board. Described as a train malfunction & not a fire.
UPDATE 2: Both Metro & @dcfireems say that passengers are self-evacuating & in the track bed. This is happening before there was clear confirmation of power down. Potentially dangerous situation.
UPDATE 3: @dcfireems rapidly got this potentially dangerous power situation under control (including manual shut down of power by firefighters) & are now working on the official evacuation of passengers. Safety & warning devices are now in place.

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