Train Fire at Penn Station is Out: Officials

BALTIMORE, MD – An Amtrak train fire drew emergency personnel to Penn Station Thursday afternoon, according to the Baltimore Office of Emergency Management.

At 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, emergency officials said that a large amount of fire equipment would be arriving at the train station in the 1500 block of North Charles Street to respond to the blaze, and by 2:10 p.m., the fire was out.

No passengers were aboard at the time of the fire, emergency officials said.

Debris in the wheels caught fire on an unoccupied car within the train, which was carrying passengers from New Orleans to New York, an Amtrak spokesperson told The Baltimore Sun.

The train fire occurred on a day when temperatures were nearing 80 degrees in Baltimore, and CSX issued heat restrictions on the rails, meaning MARC trains would be delayed 5 to 15 minutes on the Camden and Brunswick lines. Check for delays through the Maryland Transit Administration.

The train that caught fire was owned by Amtrak.

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