""What it ended up being was the brakes on a BART train heated up. It caught on fire and left residual smoke in the tube," said Lt. Mariano Elias with the San Francisco Fire Department. "Once we arrived, we determined there was no actual fire- traffic stopped in both directions unfortunately on a Friday commute. It wasn't good for those folks heading home.""
""I was on the train station platform coming from North Berkeley. I made it to West Oakland," explained North Tay. "And then they told us to transfer to the Berryessa train. Then they ended up telling us that train was cancelled. They put us on a train for SFO airport. That train got canceled, too.""
""Usually we just take the Muni, get on BART at Embarcadero and go straight to West Oakland," said Pyala. "Today we got off Civic Center, took an Uber here to West Oakland. Now we have to take a bus from here to Fruitvale. After that I think the BART starts moving.""
Smoke filled the Transbay Tube during the evening commute after brakes on a BART train overheated, producing residual smoke but no active fire. The smoky train stopped beneath the Bay Bridge around 5:30 p.m., prompting riders to drop to the floor and cover their noses. San Francisco and Oakland firefighters responded and confirmed no ongoing blaze, but BART service was suspended in both directions. Embarcadero Station platforms became crowded as commuters waited. Many riders experienced two-to-three hour delays, canceled transfers, and detours onto buses and alternate trains while crews worked to clear the tube.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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