Commuter rail train catches fire in Concord, passengers evacuated

Local By Katie Redefer, The Boston Globe November 10, 2021 A commuter rail train caught fire while stopped in Concord Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of 200 passengers, the MBTA said in a series of tweets. Around 6:20 p.m., the engineer of a Fitchburg-bound train reported a fire under the rear wheel set of the train while it was stopped at West Concord Station. The train had left North Station around 5:30 p.m. The passengers were evacuated safely and moved to another train, the MBTA said. Read the full story on BostonGlobe.com. Newsletter Signup Stay up to date on all the latest news from Boston.com if (typeof(window.bgmpGdpr) !== undefined && !window.bgmpGdpr.isOptedOut()) { !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=2.0; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,script, https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js); fbq(init, 989222871864976); fbq(track, PageView);} if (typeof(window.bgmpGdpr) !== undefined && !window.bgmpGdpr.isOptedOut()) { !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)} ;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=2.0;n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,script,https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js); fbq(init, 813236348753005); fbq(track, "PageView");} The post Commuter rail train catches fire in Concord, passengers evacuated appeared first on Patabook News .

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