A fire erupted under an eastbound train at the Newport PATH station in Jersey City around 6:19 a.m. on August 4. Passengers evacuated due to smoke, with 13 treated for inhalation and nine hospitalized. PATH service was disrupted temporarily until 11 a.m. Dramatic videos showed passengers fleeing the train, and witnesses reported explosions. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Dramatic video shared on social media showed worried passengers fleeing a train car as it filled with heavy smoke, and then the fire underneath the train.
About 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene, of which nine were taken to a hospital for further evaluation, authorities said.
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