NEW YORK (AP) — A fire on an Amtrak maintenance train near New York's Penn Station injured five people and disrupted service for many commuters Friday morning, authorities said.
The fire resulted in train delays on New Jersey Transit and Amtrak trains into New York, and briefly suspended Long Island Rail Road service, more than a week after a strike had shut down that system.
Amtrak said the fire happened around 1:25 a.m. just outside of the Hudson River train tunnels that run from Penn Station in Manhattan to New Jersey. The fire prompted the temporary suspension of all rail service between New York and New Jersey because of smoke and fire conditions, the national passenger rail company said.
