Train operator reports brake odor on metro line, Washington DC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a train operator on the metro line reported smelling a brake odor while traveling through the 445 area. Authorities are investigating to identify the source of the smell.
Audio|Heard on: WMATA MetroRail
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
00:00
I'm going through 445, I do smell a brake odor.
00:04
We're still trying to walk through to see where it's coming from.
00:07
Okay,
00:08
firm. Cardinal barge.
00:09
Boarding that's train track one.
00:11
It's a brake holder, a report of a brake odor.
00:13
A car from a barge, please, though.
00:15
Want to be trained 445? Like one, brake odor.
00:19
Thank you. Touch with that.
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Washington, DC
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