Amtrak and MARC passengers in D.C. are experiencing delays nearly 24 hours after a massive warehouse fire in Baltimore disrupted train service in the Northeast.
The fire broke out Monday evening at a vacant mattress warehouse in West Baltimore that's close to train tracks, putting service to a halt.
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WATCH HEREAlthough it's contained, the Baltimore City Fire Department said firefighters were still working Tuesday morning to put out hot spots and extinguish the "deep seated" fire. No injuries have been reported.
Amtrak service between Baltimore and D.C. was running again late Tuesday morning with delays of about 30 to 60 minutes.
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Some travelers spent the night in Union Station after Amtrak canceled trains between D.C. and New York.
"The first train I could get was at 5 a.m. so we’ve been stuck at the station. There’s music playing, the lights are on and we can’t sleep," passenger Jonathan Bloch said.
"They said there was gonna be a little bit of a delay and they didn’t have the details yet. And then it slowly came in that, nope. We’re gonna have to shut down," said Sarah Zielenski, who was traveling to New York from Williamsburg.
Zielenski and her husband spent the night on a bench before catching a 5 a.m. train.
"Oh, there was a lovely bench here. Very comfortable," she joked.
Congestion and single-tracking through the fire zone made for continued delays all day Tuesday.
Baltimore fire officials said they had concerns about structural damage to the warehouse.
