Traffic & Transit

Fire At Somerville MBTA Maintenance Facility

Fire officials said a train fire at the Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility spread to the roof Tuesday.

A Commuter Rail facility in Somerville caught fire Tuesday morning.
A Commuter Rail facility in Somerville caught fire Tuesday morning. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

SOMERVILLE, MA — Emergency crews battled a fire at an MBTA maintenance facility in Somerville Tuesday morning. The fire started around 6 a.m. at the Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility and was quickly brought under control.

The Cambridge Fire Department said the fire originated in a train car before spreading to the roof of the building. A spokesperson for Keolis, which operates the Commuter Rail, told Boston 25 there was a "minor fire in the exhaust ventilation of the building."

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