MANHATTAN — Some Upper Manhattan subway riders had a smoky commute Monday evening after a fire at the 181st street station, according to officials and witnesses.
The small track fire broke out at 6:11 p.m. at the 181st Street A station, causing delays and a train to be evacuated, an FDNY spokesman and witness said.
The MTA alerted passengers of service delays via Twitter.
@trslzr That train was taken out of service, service resumed with residual delays.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) November 23, 2015"A train hit something on third rail just before 181," wrote one member of an Upper Manhattan Facebook group. "Train evacuated, will be problems for a while. Smoke all over."
Firefighters put out the blaze by 6:35 p.m. and there were no reported injuries, officials said.
Trains were running normally by 6:40 p.m., according to the MTA’s website.
