NEW YORK — A subway operator has died and 17 were injured in an early morning subway fire, the New York Times reports.
The fire was reported as a No. 2 train (Wakefield-241st St., Bronx, to Flatbush Ave.-Brooklyn College, Brooklyn) pulled into the 110th Street-Central Park North station at about 3:18 a.m. An off-duty transit employee told the operator that there was heavy smoke and fire in the second car of the train, and the two MTA employees evacuated the train. But the operator, Garrett Goble, 36, was found laying on the tracks when emergency workers arrived and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The injured included five firefighters hurt while fighting the blaze, which took until 3:50 a.m. to control and was still being extinguished at 6:45 a.m.
Police are investigating. Two other subway-station fires were reported at about the same time, while another was reported later in the morning.
A photo on social media shows a blackened shell of a car interior, and interim New York City Transit president Sarah Feinberg confirmed there was extensive damage to the car.
Reading the story in the paper multiple fires broke out around the same time on multiple trains. They are looking for arsonist.
I agree with Brett something doesn’t add up what was on fire part of the station the 2nd car of the train and why was the motorman found on the tracks , lots of facts still missing and many questions need answers ?
Sad story but there’s seems to be more, something dont seem right.
Carl, I was thinking more of the homeless trying to warm themselves, but I suppose you could charge them with terrorism too…
Three fires? Sounds like sabotage (now known as terrorism).
The off duty motorman, who died, assisted passengers from the train before being found by firefighters.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-dead-injured-fire-moving-harlem-subway-20200327-bzasn2dwpvclzidv6pb7txz32e-story.html