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Service was interrupted on three traces of the Exo commuter practice system for a number of hours on Tuesday afternoon, after a small fireplace erupted within the locomotive of a practice stopped on the Montreal West station.
“There was the start of a fireplace that was quickly managed within the locomotive of a practice,” stated Eric Edström, a spokesperson for Exo, the metropolitan transportation community.
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He stated passengers on board have been rapidly evacuated from the practice after the hearth was detected at about 3:30 p.m. Nobody was injured. Firefighters and emergency companies arrived to deal with the scenario.
Service was interrupted on all three traces that use that station — Exo 11 (Vaudreuil/Hudson), Exo 12 (St-Jérôme) and Exo 14 (Candiac). Commuters needed to discover their method to stations exterior the emergency perimeter.
“We put various measures into place; trains may flow into on the Vaudreuil line from Lachine station, on the St-Jérôme line from Parc station, and on the Candiac line from du Canal station,” Edström stated. He famous the Société de transport de Montréal accepted Exo passes for the interval of service interruption in order that passengers may use buses to get to these stations.
He stated service from the Lucien-L’Allier station resumed for all three traces at round 6:15 p.m.
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