Fire At Queens Subway Station Causes Train Delays: FDNY, MTA

QUEENS, NY — A fire broke out at a Queens subway station early Monday morning, prompting train delays, according to officials.

The blaze started at about 5:45 a.m. at the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station on the edge of Jamaica, the FDNY tweeted.

Fire officials rushed to the station and got the blaze under control by about 5:55 a.m., tweets show, but the incident still disrupted subway service, according to the MTA.

J trains started bypassing the station at about 5:35 a.m. — when reports of smoke at the station first began — and delays continued past 6 a.m., the transit agency tweeted.

As of several hours later, though, all the J trains were back on track, according to the MTA website.

The FDNY did not respond to Patch's request for comment as to exactly where in the station the blaze broke out and how it began.