Wow! In less than 24 hours after suspending their services on the Tseung Kwan O line for five hours yesterday, a double carriage light rail train burst into flames at Tin Shui Wai this morning during rush hour.
Passengers informed the train captain of smoke coming out from a unit in the second carriage shortly after the train left the Tin Wu stop toward Tin Shui Wai. The captain then evacuated 160 of the passengers and called the control center for help.
At the backup platform at Hung Tin Road the fire was extinguished in 20 minutes.
MTR has been pressured by the government to submit a report of the five-hours suspension of service and may face HK$7.5 million in fines, Federation of Trade Unions members have also been protesting outside MTR Corporation’s head office. Now with this light train fire, I wonder what else is in-store for MTR.
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Source: The Standard
Photo: Sarah Joy, Flickr
