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NTSB releases timeline before the Septa train near the Crum Lynne train station in Delaware County Fire caught fire

Philadelphia (WPVI) – The National Transportation Safety Board published its preliminary report on a fire on Wednesday, which last month consumed part of a six car in six cars in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

(The video in the player above comes from the previous reporting.)

The train drove from West Trenton, New Jersey, to Newark, Delaware, with 325 passengers and four crew members when he rose in flames near the Crum Lynne train station on February 6th.

No injuries were reported. Septa estimates the compensation for the equipment at around 10 million US dollars.

Relatives: NTSB examination after the septa train has broken up in flames near the train station in Ridley Park, PA.

Septa's Wilmington-Nenwark railway line will be back in operation on Friday morning after a Six car train in Flames rose in Delaware County on Thursday evening in Delaware County

On the day of the incident, when the train was at the Bethayres train station, an engineer contacted an engineer at around 3:50 p.m. to report that the train is “sluggish and not up to date and is not up to date and that a stir in the train”.

A mechanical maintenance team completed an inspection around 4:31 p.m. in the Roberts Yard von Septa and revealed that three iron cars, including those on flames, were “bad” and the “cause of the slow acceleration”, the NTSB arrested in the report.

However, the train continued to work.

At around 4:55 p.m. there was a change in the Vorstadtstation.

When the train at the 30th Street train station was, the NTSB said that the train of the train at 5:07 p.m. from the boss dispatcher from Septa received a call about a strong burning smell in Lead Railcar (RailCar 132).

The train continued to work on his route, said officials.

The passengers previously said Action News that they rayed smoke that 30th Street had left.

“I could smell a strange smoky, Sulfury smell,” recalled Cynthia Kayati from Smyrna, Delaware. “I thought it was the train, normal things, but it got really strong when we came to Crum Lynne.”

“I started to smell it after a while. I think we got two stations from here, and then people really noticed to panic a little,” added Alvan Hurley from Newark.

The train drove past nine stops before the ladder on board all evacuated near the Crum Lynne station. When it was approaching the train station in Ridley Park at 5:48 p.m., Haze was noticed behind the lanes, followed by Rauch, as it left, said officials.

The train was stopped about 638 feet south of the Crum Lynne train station when the fire was reported at 5:56 p.m.

All passengers and crew members were evacuated at 6:22 p.m. and the fire was deleted at 8:09 p.m., said the NTSB.

An examination is still in progress in several factors, including the source of fire, electrical wiring, the RailCar inspection of septa and the reaction of RROCC on the route process.

(Comment of the publisher: Civil servants originally stated that 350 people were on the train when he caught fire.)

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