Crime & Safety
Bowdoin MBTA Station Reopen After Firefighters Investigate Smoke
Reports of a small fire at Bowdoin station are false, said an MBTA Spokesperson.
BOSTON — Bowdoin Square T stop is back open after it closed for about an hour earlier as firefighters investigated a report of smoke. MBTA officials tell Patch there was no actual fire.
The smoke was created by a blown motor on a train, according to an MBTA spokesperson.
Watch for delays of up to 30 minutes.
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The Boston Fire Department requested that power to the third rail be shut off while they investigated where the smoke came from at Bowdoin, said MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo in an email to Patch.
Officials directed people to Government Center Station and about a dozen fire and emergency vehicles were lined up on Cambridge Street.
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The MBTA announced first delays of about 20 minutes and then of up to 15 minutes and then for another 30 because of the firefighter activity.
Blue line services were ending at Government Center during the closure.
Report of a loose power cable from the train arcing causing the smoke condition in the station. @MBTA electricians on scene to fix the problem, all companies making up. pic.twitter.com/RR3TFbkoDO
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) February 27, 2019
There are about a dozen fire and emergency vehicles (too many to fit into this photo) on Cambridge Street right now w/ fire crews going into Bowdin Station. cc @universalhub pic.twitter.com/2uloly2w1V
— matthew (@iMatthew_) February 27, 2019
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