A transformer fireplace broke out Tuesday afternoon, suspending Amtrak journey in each instructions alongside the Northeast hall between Penn Station and New Haven, based on the fireplace division.
The hearth, positioned in a substation at Bronxdale and East Tremont avenues within the Bronx, ignited round 2:30 p.m., inflicting an influence loss for trains within the space, FDNY mentioned. Sixty fireplace and EMS responders had been deployed, and the operations are nonetheless ongoing.
Restricted providers might be accessible between Boston and New Haven, based on an Amtrak alert, and trains approaching the station are being relocated out of the realm at slower speeds.
Metro-North Railroad providers are operating and honoring Amtrak tickets due to the incident.
That is not less than the third brush fireplace prior to now week in New York Metropolis amid an ongoing drought within the metropolis. There have been two brush fires in as many days in Prospect Park this previous weekend. On Saturday, a fireplace scorched a 2-acre wooded space as greater than 100 firefighters, together with particular brush fireplace models, fought the fireplace for almost three hours.
The town is presently on a drought warning, with metropolis officers urging New Yorkers to assist preserve water throughout a traditionally dry spell for the town.
Initially Printed: November 12, 2024 at 4:43 PM EST
