UHub:
A three-alarm electrical fire on the Red Line tracks at Downtown Crossing sent acrid smoke billowing through subway tunnels around 10 p.m., shutting down three of the MBTA’s four subway lines and sending at least 20 people to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
Smoke reached at least as far as Boylston on the Green Line and South Station on the Red Line – where Silver Line service was disrupted as well. Several electrical cables on the Alewife-bound side of the Red Line platform at Downtown Crossing began burning around 10 p.m.
Service is shut down for large portions of the Red, Green, and Orange lines. No word yet on when they’ll be back up.
UPDATE (Friday morning): According to mbta.com, the Red Line is continuing to experience delays; other lines are allegedly running normally.
WBZ was running tweets, and a video uploaded to YouTube as their visuals. We are all reporters, and Spartacus too!
“this is not good.”
… out here in the Berkshires where today’s commuter delays are caused by a tractor crossing the road.
In other words, experiencing delays!