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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.

oPeople started praying,o he said. oSmoke was coming in pretty steadily.
Some people were fine and some people were just hurting pretty quickly.o

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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Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
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Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
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Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
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Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.

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