Terrified commuters were forced to flee a New Jersey train station and others rushed to hospital after a fire broke out below one of the train cars.
Billowing smoke and flames sparked rush hour chaos at the Newport PATH station in Jersey City shortly after 6am on Monday morning.
The fire erupted below one of the train cars, Port Authority officials said.
At least 13 people required treatment for smoke inhalation at the scene, officials said. From there, nine were taken to hospital for further evaluation.
Terrifying footage captured the pandemonium as stressed commuters tried to usher each other off of the train and up the stairs at the station.
Passengers repeatedly begged for the door of the carriage to be opened so they could flee as smoke overwhelmed the area.
Bright orange flames licked at the carriage and lit up the corner of the platform
The fire prompted a suspension of services on the PATH lines between midtown Manhattan and Jersey City, and between the World Trade Center and Hoboken
Others are heard encouraging each other to stay calm as the flames crept up and became more visible from the window.
Bright orange flames licked at the carriage and lit up the corner of the platform.
The fire prompted a suspension of services on the PATH lines between midtown Manhattan and Jersey City, and between the World Trade Center and Hoboken.
The lines were all up and running again by 11am, authorities said.
At least 13 people required treatment for smoke inhalation at the scene, officials said. From there, nine were taken to hospital for further evaluation
‘This was not just smoke,’ one witness said, adding that the car ‘was literally in flames.’
The National Transportation Safety Board announced it’s investigating the fire.
The PATH trains conduct an average of about 165,000 passenger trips daily across the Hudson River from northern New Jersey into Manhattan.
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