Subway Fire Disruption Is Less Than Feared
A subway line shut down by a tunnel fire that authorities think was set by a homeless person should be running again within three to six months -- not five years, as previously feared -- the New York City Transit agency said.
The Sunday fire, which began in a shopping cart stuffed with clothing and wood, ignited overhead cables near the Chambers Street station in Lower Manhattan.
The blaze spread to a room of switching and signal equipment critical to operating the C line, said NYC Transit’s parent agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
No suspect in the fire has been arrested.
The C line, which carries some 110,000 daily riders in Manhattan and Brooklyn, was suspended indefinitely.
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