Smoke On Red Line Sends Metro Passengers Fleeing: Reports

UPDATE 12:15 p.m.: The incident was due to an arcing insulator, and firefighters never entered the tunnel, according to the Washington Post.

UPDATE 11:11 a.m.: The Red Line is now single tracking, and firefighters appear to have cleared the scene, but delays persist.

WASHINGTON, DC — Passengers are flooding out of a Red Line station due to reports of fire as firefighters head to the scene Tuesday morning.

Metro tweeted that service has been suspended between Cleveland Park and Dupont Circle due to a "track problem" outside of Dupont Circle. At no point does Metro indicate that the fire department has been called, but numerous users on Twitter are reporting a fire and say fire crews have entered the station as passengers head for the exits.

Passengers out, fire department in. A day ending in y on the Red Line @unsuckdcmetro pic.twitter.com/BTBCLU6LOB
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) August 15, 2017

@wmata Red line on fire at DuPont circle y'all!#welcometowashington #metroonfire #fire #metro
— Lee Jacob (@lschribe) August 15, 2017

Service disruption on Red Line. Trains offloading at Woodley Park, where fire crew is going into track area. #metro. #wmata
— Gayle Cinquegrani (@GayleCinquegran) August 15, 2017

Red line is on fire. Guess metro is going for equal opportunity danger. #wmata #back2good #dcmetro
— Mindy Power (@PowerMindy) August 15, 2017

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