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May 4, 2016

Feds: Poor maintenance led to fatal DC subway fire

  • Trains full of passengers were routinely sent into tunnels to figure out where smoke was coming from.
    • By BEN NUCKOLS
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — A fire that caused a Washington subway train to fill with smoke inside a downtown tunnel last year, killing one passenger and sickening dozens, can be traced to poor maintenance and ineffective inspection practices by the city’s beleaguered transit authority, federal investigators said.

    The National Transportation Safety Board issued its final report on the January 2015 fire at a meeting on Tuesday, placing the blame on the Metro transit authority for failing to properly install and maintain third-rail power cables, causing them to become damaged by water and other contaminants.


     
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