Smoke reported on train near Eastern Market, no fire found, Washington DC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, smoke was reported on a train near Eastern Market in Washington, DC. Fire department responded and found no active fire. The smoke dissipated and train service resumed safely.
Audio|Heard on: WMATA MetroRail
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04:6
Transcript:
00:00
Supervisor Scarry on 729, you smell smoke at this time, and what's the train mark is over?
00:09
You know, thank you guys.
00:13
The train, there's no smoke,
00:16
there's no smoke. There's no smoke.
00:17
We need to, force, we're looking at the train at this time.
00:26
We're trying to get the supervisor to get me over.
00:28
I appreciate it.
00:29
What's this?
00:31
(name withheld). Let me smell smoking right now.
00:34
Oh.
00:35
All right.
00:38
059 plus
00:43
010
00:47
The smoke It's that Smell smoke is at the front of the moment The smoke is dictating now It wasn't as far as extinguishing.
01:00
Smoke is dissipation Moving the train up to the pressure like this.
01:07
What the five signatures is at the time.
01:11
Moving the train up to the platform, people are stepping over them.
01:14
I can't communicate.
01:16
Oh, no worries, supervised.
01:18
No worry, Supervisor.
01:19
I got that taken care.
01:20
I copy that. This is trading at this time.
01:22
Moving up to the platform at this time, I appreciate you.
01:31
734 the farm path to track two coming to central over please you're moving at this time 734 over
01:41
hey have that train in the pocket I'm talking this tunnel am I running one over
01:47
Three, you got a permissible block, no closer to TIFTL zero one, four key down.
01:51
Trains 734 to find out of track two, I need you moving at this time.
01:55
I need you moving at this time.
01:56
Verify you're lonely.
01:57
You need to do a truck flat, and how you got for 7344.
02:03
This is train from 429 track one.
02:07
I have a red signal at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
02:10
Can I get a permissible block for the A-car marker? Over.
02:17
Track 425, you have missed about the property birthright track 1, verified lunas and diamonds along the way.
02:22
Stay off.
02:25
Listen, if you have a number five report, I'm not getting any communication over.
02:34
Do you smell smoke? Do you smell smoke at the time? Was there? Was there five things you that had went off? Is that the permit? Over?
02:44
That's the front.
02:45
There's no smoke, no fire.
02:46
You got apartment on the on track one, Navy Yard–Ballpark, but it was just a five-sixth.
02:56
Oh,
03:03
that's scary.
03:04
I can go get it.
03:07
I copy that.
03:08
The fire, over?
03:11
Hey, that car equipment, Lorenzo, stand by, stand clear that way at this time.
03:15
Hey, Supervisor, Surrey.
03:17
Supervisor, um, Supervisor, um, did you make way down towards the core over?
03:23
Supervisor, scurry.
03:24
I copy. You said, the smokers that dissipated at this time.
03:27
It was due to the fire extinguish at this time, so it was the safer train over that time? Scurry over.
03:33
Here,
03:34
I'm going to property first at Waterfront, Track 1 at this time.
03:40
You want this train, put back the service.
03:41
We got the fire department on a ground new end at Waterfront.
03:50
The question I asked was, was it safe for the train moving at this time? I understand smoke is dissipated and it was because of the fire accession at the time.
03:58
It's a safe for train moving.
03:59
Do you see any smoke? Do you smell any smoke? Over.
04:02
Safe train moving.
04:04
Safe train moving at this time.
04:06
Hey,
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7th St SE, Washington, DC 20003
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