Fire extinguished near SEPTA Regional Rail tracks, Philadelphia PA


A fire occurred near SEPTA Regional Rail tracks in Manayunk, Philadelphia. The fire has been put out, but safety concerns remain. Authorities have staged buses in case passengers need to be evacuated from the train. Police are on site to assist, and officials will decide on further actions based on fire department clearance.
Audio|Source: SEPTA Regional Rail - North, South, City, MoW and Yard
04:26
Transcript:
00:00
rail 6209, uh, from your vantage point, do you see them make it any headway with this fire or anything over?
00:08
They got the fire, right?
00:12
Yeah, we got transit police, right?
00:15
Transit police here. They said they got the fire out,
00:18
but they don't know how much longer it's going to be.
00:21
All right, so the fire is out.
00:24
They're not sure how much longer they're going to be in the track area.
00:27
All right, uh, you do have transit police on your train with you over?
00:31
All right here.
00:32
All right, that's a Roger. All right. To me favor, get you conduct and get a headcount for me while you guys are standing by there and we'll go from there over.
00:41
All right.
00:46
2511, 20, two zero, two-zero.
00:50
Roger. 2511, 20, two zero. Let's rather.
00:54
Okay.
01:01
Step the rail, 6251, over.
01:14
2.09, I'm reading a rail, I got a honor.
01:24
Rail 6209, Roger, 142, 142, 142 passages.
01:42
Let's answer 6251.
01:45
We've got a call for the passenger account. We've got 40 on board, over.
01:50
Asher, 30, packages. Thank you, 651.
01:53
All right.
01:56
Train 3476's over.
02:01
3476, yeah.
02:03
You have permission to spend, station these landsiding and on your train to stop the road.
02:09
So I have permission to spinning on site.
02:17
Okay,
02:18
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02:21
After 1-04V's out of Doorktown, after 2, then effect, except the death 1-9.
02:27
Okay, 7-11-1-3.
02:31
All right, September 3, 7-2-2-0, over.
02:36
Two three zero nine and all right over.
02:40
Just one new passengers but they do have the option of catching the last-time high-speed light of...
02:46
Okay.
02:56
409, typically, uh,
02:59
you know, we're not sure how long this is going to be, so if you can report me of passengers,
03:03
if you can catch the Northside High School drive, uh,
03:06
some cars for the evenings that would be appreciated.
03:10
Right, that's the right there, uh, let's go.
03:14
Roger, see, uh, be out.
03:24
All right, except the rail 6209, over?
03:31
We have supervision and route out there, supervision and route to you guys.
03:37
In the meantime, have they started to try to get those hoses off the lines over?
03:46
Um,
03:48
it looks like they're clear enough now. I believe it's still a hole's crossing the track, but it looks like they're clear enough.
03:56
All right, that's a roger.
03:57
Just to give you heads up, we did order buses for out there.
04:02
Possibility if we have to evacuate the train, we'll walk, we got police on location already, and we'll have to walk everybody back up to Manny Young for the buses over.
04:14
But we will make the decision once the TM gets the location.
04:20
If the fire department reports clear,
04:24
we'll keep you guys going south, over.
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Location mentioned:
Manayunk, District of Freedom#8573311~!#, Philadelphia, PA 19127
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