Apr 26, 2009

fd:Fire delays BART trains

Normal train service has been restored on BART after a delay caused by a rail-car fire at the Bay Fair station in San Leandro.
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BART officials say the undercarriage of an empty rail car sitting on some side tracks at the station began smoking and then showing flames at 4:40 p.m. All BART traffic through the station was shut down, and a bus bridge set up to ferry passengers around the blockage.

The fire was snuffed at 5:26 p.m., and normal service restored at 6:10 p.m. No injuries were reported.

E-mail Kevin Fagan at kfagan@sfchronicle.com.

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