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Smoke reported from signal box near Van Cortlandt Park

Heard on: NYPD Bronx/Manhattan Transit
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Three units to 242nd Street and Broadway on the 1 at Van Cortlandt Park for 59 of a signal box smoking at location.
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Van Cortlandt Park - 242 St, Bronx, NY 10471
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a possible smoking signal box on track one approximately four hundred feet south of 242nd Street and Broadway near Van Cortlandt Park. The incident appears to involve electrical or equipment issues but no reports of fire spread or injuries were mentioned.

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