Train fire at woodland station extinguished without injuries, Newton MA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a small fire broke out in the B truck of a type 7 MBTA Green Line train at Woodland Station in Newton, Massachusetts. The fire was extinguished with a fire extinguisher but smoke remained. No injuries were reported during the incident.
Audio|Heard on: MBTA Green Line Dispatch
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07:20
Transcript:
00:00
30817, we are in Woodland and the train is smoking.
00:09
The train is smoking.
00:14
It's 13,
00:16
817, which call do you have smoking, 817?
00:21
817, we're in Woodland, westbound, and the train is smoking.
00:25
It was the B truck holding.
00:29
Yeah, B-truck 8, tab 8,
00:32
7, 817, which car? See on the beach truck holding.
00:36
Type 7, type 7, sir, type 7, 617, 617.
00:43
617.
00:46
Central Portable 912, 912.
00:48
912.
00:54
914 and 927.
00:56
927.
00:58
Hey,
01:05
go ahead. Hey, go ahead.
01:08
Oh, Richard.
01:10
6.7,
01:17
3, and hold our phone.
01:18
Stand by.
01:23
Central reportable 918, 918.
01:31
Central reportable 918.
01:33
Central reportable 918.
01:34
Central reportable 918.
01:46
Central reportable 918, 918.
01:59
Spara. 619.
02:03
Spara, 449.
02:04
My cell phone.
02:06
No,
02:11
no, no, I want 9 rail out.
02:13
I want 9 rail out.
02:15
We need to empty 1 rail in the yard.
02:20
I'm trying to call in the phone.
02:24
What would you like?
02:31
618, did you say you're responding to that?
02:37
It's 619 and yes,
02:40
depending on who gets there first, we're on Route 9.
02:42
All right, 97 Central.
02:48
We didn't put a train here to go rescue that train.
02:56
And now 182 central, we are waiting for a crew to leave the yard.
03:01
9-27 will be on board.
03:04
I have this.
03:06
I have it 4-8-9-18-9-27.
03:08
The next two-person.
03:12
Yeah, Nick, have those people do nothing on the train, please, until I go there.
03:16
Have them stop doing anything on the train until I go there.
03:21
9-2-7, I have it in time, but I would leave 9-27.
03:28
619-9 to 7.
03:29
You can have it.
03:30
We're in traffic anyway, so control, you copy.
03:35
619 and have the 619.
03:38
859, 859, stand by Woodland.
03:41
859, stand by Woodland.
03:44
859, stand by Woodland.
03:53
Stand by Wobin.
03:59
7-70 to 190.
04:03
190. Portable 187 instruments up.
04:09
7070 is clear the diversion area legend.
04:12
Have yourself a great day.
04:16
Portable 7070 are you as well? Thank you very much.
04:21
A 673, I shut the hold light off, just take your time.
04:28
And spot it right before the...
04:31
to set it up for the test track.
04:37
Yes, please.
04:38
Yes, do it.
04:42
Thank you, kindly, sir.
04:45
I got you on the yard radio, so if you need me to stop, to do whatever,
04:51
I'm listening.
04:54
Hey Richie,
04:55
I'm headed to Woodland Rescue Train, disabled train over there get stuck, so when I'm back, I'm talk to you.
05:03
John Celeste, John Celeste.
05:11
36, 17, 817, Woodland.
05:19
3714, standby when you get to the village for 3 minutes, 714, 3 minutes at the village.
05:30
John Celestin, where are you?
05:36
859. Now 1A is the instructor on board or whatever is responded to this disabled.
05:43
Instructed Lee.
05:46
927 you on board the inbound Grove Street.
05:49
Now want to make sure the 927 is on board.
05:54
You know, we already call...
05:57
Right, yeah, I think the double red is holding here.
06:00
I'm pressing the body is not changing.
06:04
I, I, um,
06:08
just hearing that the double red is holding.
06:11
I got way to whistling, you could.
06:17
Because the panel, they are 918, it was on the manual, we put it on armatic, recycle it, push the part for proper wooden signal.
06:26
3817, 617 for the third time, come on here.
06:30
817, we were shutting the train down, it was a fire in the other side, we should turn off with...
06:38
All right.
06:42
So they're not working, please.
06:44
Offload four cars.
06:45
Where is the fire?
06:48
We are light.
06:49
We go in light.
06:50
Like since eastbound, we're going light because the train was making multiple stops.
06:56
The fire was in a type 7 in a B truck.
07:00
All right, the fire was inside the train on the B truck and you put it down using the extinguisher.
07:10
Yeah, we use the extinguisher to turn the off, but it's still smoking.
07:15
It's still smoking.
07:18
Sorry, and no injuries at this time.
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Location mentioned:
Woodland, 1940 Washington St, Newton, MA 02466
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