Crime & Safety
Regular Service Resumes After Fire On Tracks At Pentagon City
UPDATED: Normal service has resumed after a fire was reported on the tracks at Pentagon City Station.

(Updated at 10:51 a.m. Monday): ARLINGTON, VA — Service has been resumed at the Crystal City and Pentagon City station after reports of a fire on the Metro tracks Monday morning.
Social media users took to Twitter to post photos and videos of a fire on the tracks at around 9 a.m. Metro has yet to confirm that a fire was the issue, and said the delay was caused by a "track problem at Pentagon City."
Firefighters were on the scene, as well as Arlington police who helped direct traffic in the area.
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Blue and Yellow line riders experienced delays after trains stopped running between the National Airport and Pentagon. The Crystal City and Pentagon stops were briefly closed.
This is a developing story. Patch will update this post as more information becomes available.
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Just another #Monday on DC metro @wmata @FixWMATA #DC #PentagonCity pic.twitter.com/iO2K6YpAId
— Patrick Beard (@Pabeard) January 22, 2018
Pentagon City Metro, significant emergency response. What’s up? @ArlingtonVaPD @ArlingtonVaFD @wmata pic.twitter.com/lC0Oz0mLGr
— Matt Gilkeson (@gilkesjm) January 22, 2018
Photo by Jackie Barrientes, used with permission.
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