{"id":353037,"date":"2026-08-04T05:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/12-injured-in-astor-place-subway-fire-fdny-says"},"modified":"2026-08-04T05:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:01:16","slug":"12-injured-in-astor-place-subway-fire-fdny-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/12-injured-in-astor-place-subway-fire-fdny-says","title":{"rendered":"12 injured in Astor Place subway hearth, FDNY says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">A fire that broke out on Tuesday on a work train traveling through the New York City subway spewed heavy smoke through the Astor Place station in the East Village, suspending nearby subway service and injuring a dozen MTA workers and firefighters.<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;A lot of heavy smoke, not only at street level but also at the station level,&#8221; FDNY Assistant Chief Tom Currao told reporters during a press conference.<!-- -->\u00a0<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Currao said at least seven MTA subway workers were treated for smoke inhalation. Five firefighters were also injured, he said.<!-- -->\u00a0<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As the train caught fire, a northbound train arrived at the station and discharged its passengers. Firefighters helped them to safety and made sure none were injured, Currao said.<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The<!-- -->\u00a0<!-- -->city&#8217;s emergency notification system <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NotifyNYC\/status\/2084533745093054862?s=20\" dir=\"ltr\">said<\/a> to expect delays on Brooklyn-bound 4 and 6 trains.<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">MTA officials hoped to have the train moved and service restored in time for the morning commute, according to the Fire Department.<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">&#8220;As soon as the fire department clears the train, we should be able to move that train, because it&#8217;s an electrical unit and get it out of the way relatively quick,&#8221; Currao said. &#8220;There will be residual delays but we are actually in place to start morning service, rush hour traffic.&#8221;<!-- -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/injuries-reported-amid-track-fire-new-york-subway\/story?id=135346188\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire that broke out on Tuesday on a work train traveling through the New York City subway spewed heavy smoke through the Astor Place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":353040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29571,29569,5023,29568,14346,29573,2078,29572,1663,29570],"class_list":["post-353037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-astor-place-station","tag-astor-place-subway","tag-east-village-manhattan","tag-fdny-assistant-chief","tag-hearth-division","tag-new-york-city-fire-department","tag-new-york-metropolis-subway","tag-noho-manhattan","tag-subway","tag-tom-currao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353039,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353037\/revisions\/353039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}