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Bedford Avenue Smoke Condition Stalls L Train Service, MTA Says
The smoke condition in the Wiliamsburg station stopped L train service into Manhattan during rush hour Friday morning, officials said.
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — L train service into Manhattan came to a halt Friday morning as a firefighters dealt with a smoke condition at Bedford Avenue, officials said.
The smoke was first spotted in the station underneath Bedford Avenue and North Seventh Street around 9 a.m., according to an MTA tweet.
Service stopped for ten minutes so that the FDNY could investigate the situation, said the MTA.
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Straphangers took to Twitter to report what they saw in the station and complain about the commute.
What the announcement described as an "incident" looks more like a fire... @mtanowl @MTA #ltrain pic.twitter.com/REMsZqoaf0
— Jennifer Herlein (@jlherlein) July 7, 2017
Thanks #ltrain for the warm welcome back to nyc, really missed those delays
— Jessica Leibowitz (@j_leibowitz) July 7, 2017
Just another normal day riding the MTA as the L train stops running and smoke fills the Bedford station without warning pic.twitter.com/EM4cduHJmT
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) July 7, 2017
Header photo courtesy of Ana Ynestrillas/Twitter.
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