Track Fire Delays Metro's Red Line
Trains share track through Bethesda station
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BETHESDA, Md. -- Red Line riders experienced more delays after a fire on the tracks at the Bethesda Metro Station.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units went to the station Tuesday evening, authorities said. They isolated a small fire to one outbound track inside the station and extinguished it.
Track insulator caught fire.
The Bethesda station remained open, but trains single-tracked between Friendship Heights and Medical Center for a while.
The incident has been cleared.
Posted Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 - 7:10 PM EST
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