Brush fire in the Septa station Penn Medicine causes transport delays, smell of smoke on campus

A brush fire in the Penn Medicine Station led on Wednesday through septa delays and smoke that traveled through parts of the Penn's Campus.

The fire that was discovered on railway rails near the train station was reported to the Philadelphia fire brigade on March 5 at around 10:45 a.m. While the fire was quickly contained, trains were delayed “up to 15 minutes in both directions due to the fire brigade near Penn Medicine Station”. ”

Shortly after 11:00 a.m., Penn's Division of Public Safety sent a traffic advice that asked “delays and lane closures in the field of South Street and Convention Ave near the Penn Medicine Station of Septa due to fire brigade”.

The news also found that the police authority of Philadelphia and the Penn police department would be on site to “support traffic”.

A spokesman for DPS wrote that no injuries were reported.

During the time of the fire, Rauch was smelled in several areas on campus, including Melvin J. and Claire Levine Hall and David Rittenhouse Laboratory in the 33rd area and Walnut Street.

An e -mail with the subject line “Smell of Feuer on Penn's Campus” was sent to computer and information students from the School of Engineering and applied sciences to notify them that the smell of Rauch was neither a product of a fire directly on campus nor a cause of alarm.

“There is a brush fire on the railway lines at the Penn Medicine Station. With the strong winds, the smoke blows in this direction, ”was the news.

At 11:20 a.m., a message from Septa on X states that the fire department of Philadelphia has cleared the area, but there can still be transport delays.

“The activity of the fire brigade has clarified in both directions near the Penn Medicine Station. Remaining delays are possible, ”wrote Septa.