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   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/13/smoke-at-lenfant-plaza-station/   
      
   The National Transportation Safety Board was investigating what caused one   
   of Washington's busiest subway stations to fill with smoke Monday   
   afternoon, resulting in the death of 1 person and injuries to 84 others.   
      
   Officials said the woman who died and many of the injured were riders   
   aboard a Virginia-bound Yellow Line train that had just departed the   
   L'Enfant Plaza station shortly before 3:30 p.m. local time when it   
   suddenly came to a halt 800 yards beyond the platform and began to fill   
   with smoke.   
      
   At a news conference late Monday night, NTSB officials said a so-called   
   "electrical arcing event" occurred approximately 1,100 feet in front of   
   the train. The term refers to what happens when water hits an electrified   
   third rail and sometimes generates smoke. Officials added that there was   
   between half an inch and an inch of water on the ground next to the third   
   rail, but it was not clear why the train came to a sudden stop.   
      
   The smoke did not appear to have been the result of a fire. Power to the   
   third rail was shut down and riders were forced to self-evacuate.   
   Passengers told the Washington Post that as much as an hour went by before   
   firefighters were able to lead them out of the cars. Witnesses told the   
   paper that some riders began to choke as the smoke filled the cars, while   
   others lost consciousness.   
      
   DC Interim Fire Chief Eugene Jones told the Post that firefighters did not   
   immediately enter the tunnel to help the riders because they want to   
   ensure that power to the third rail had been shut off. He also took issue   
   with passengers' claims, saying that the delay was "nothing like" the   
   length of time described.   
      
   NTSB officials said the investigation would continue Tuesday morning. Rail   
   service into the city was expected to be affected.   
      
   At least two of those hospitalized were in critical condition Monday   
   night.   
      
   Jonathan Rogers told The Post that he was aboard a Yellow Line train as it   
   headed to Pentagon Station, which is one station away from L'Enfant Plaza.   
   He said smoke quickly came through the subway car's doors.   
      
   "It started to get scary pretty quick," he told the paper. The subway's   
   driver tried moving the train backwards, but smoke continued to enter.   
      
   “People started praying,” he said. “Smoke was coming in pretty steadily.   
   Some people were fine and some people were just hurting pretty quickly.”   
      
   Passenger Saleh Damiger was quoted by the newspaper as saying that people   
   were choking and yelling aboard the train. "It was a lot of smoke," she   
   said. "We couldn't see each other. ... We felt like we were almost going   
   to die."   
      
   Fellow passenger Sirwan Kajjo told the paper that the train operator told   
   them to get low to the ground to avoid being affected by the smoke.   
      
   Eighteen people from the station were taken to Medstar Washington Hospital   
   Center, most of them for smoke inhalation, spokeswoman So Young Pak told   
   the Associated Press. She said 11 were treated and released. Of the seven   
   still in the hospital Monday night, one was in critical condition and one   
   was in serious condition, she said.   
      
   George Washington University Hospital spokesman Matt Brock said in an   
   email that 34 patients suffering from smoke inhalation had been brought   
   there. He said their conditions varied.   
      
      
      
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