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enhanced_deficit
01-14-2015, 09:04 AM
One Dead, 84 Hospitalized After D.C. Metro Station Mysteriously Fills With Smoke

One passenger has died after smoke filled the L’Enfant Plaza metro station in downtown Washington on Monday, a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority spokeswoman told CNN. A total of 84 people were treated by local hospitals, according to emergency officials. https://tribktla.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/461452716.jpg?w=300&h=200 (https://tribktla.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/461452716.jpg)Washington, D.C., firefighters assist a man (center) and set up mass casualty procedures after passengers on the Washington METRO were injured when smoke filled the L’Efant Plaza station during the rush hour on Jan. 12, 2015. (Credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

The station was temporarily closed after filling with smoke, while a disabled train was evacuated. D.C. Fire and EMS tweeted that one person was critically injured and six others were hurt in the incident after a train filled with smoke and its passengers were evacuated.

http://ktla.com/2015/01/12/d-c-metro-station-mysteriously-fills-with-smoke-leaving-1-dead-several-hospitalized/


No indication if there was foul play involved but this news has made headlines in the past:


Metro ordered to display pro-Israel ads that it worried might incite violence

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/metro-ordered-to-display-pro-israel-ads-that-it-worried-might-incite-violence/2012/10/05/639f1efa-0f2d-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html

Mr.NoSmile
01-14-2015, 09:18 AM
Yeah, completely ruined the commute home. These past two weeks have been particularly bad for Metro in general.