BOSTON — An Orange Line train burst into flames Thursday morning sending more than 200 passengers scrambling with one one jumping into the Mystic River below and others in the front car punching out windows to escape.
Video obtained by Boston25 shows a flashing fire bursting from an area over the train’s front wheel assemblies with smoke pouring out.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said in a statement no injuries were reported in the smokey conflagration that left the southbound Orange Line train stranded on the bridge over the Mystic on the approach into Somerville’s Assembly Square.
