Bart Train Fire at Orinda Station 10/23/2013 Full Coverage

Smoke appears beneath Bart car 372. Passengers were first evacuated off the train at the Orinda station after being informed that one of the cars was smoking. Once evacuated on the platform, many stood taking pictures and video on their ipads and cellphones, and were also advised to steer clear from the smoking car until fire fighters arrived. Waiting observers were then ordered to evacuate the top platform after fire fighters and police reached the scene and were also told no further trains would be stopping at that station. Many were left to call for family and friends for rides or use the city's buses for transportation.

[@goodnyc]

Glad no one was hurt, good response from the fire department.

[@markdavis8558]

I am a local residents in the area and I think tell problem is bart is expanding but not putting money into the system that's already their. although very much needing to expand to ease congestion safety should come first for the old lines

[@davidarroyo5060]

18:22 est integrity activities

[@leatherman88ch]

, kinda reminds me of the Washington Metro System in DC

[@ericksuarez6772]

I remember lots of similar situations in Mexico City's Metro hahaha, looks like BART is getting old too like the ones in Mexico City lol!!!

[@andrewfutterman3346]

Most of those trains have been in service for 50 years. That particular car that caught fire was a C1 car; those cars initially were purchased in the late 80s/early 90s, so the cars themselves were newer than most of the other cars. However, BART later refurbished most of their older cars (the A and B cars) and among the changes was that the motors in those cars were replaced. The old motors from those cars were retained as replacement motors for the C cars, so the motor in that car that caught fire was likely one of the original motors that had been in service from the beginning.