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NEW YORK — <\/span>A fire in a rail yard train car near New York’s Penn Station injured five people and disrupted service for many commuters early Friday, authorities said. <\/p>\n The fire resulted in train delays in New Jersey Transit and Amtrak rail service into New York and briefly suspended Long Island Rail Road<\/a> service, more than a week after a strike had shut down that system.<\/p>\n New Jersey Transit<\/a> posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car<\/a> that was on fire \u201cin one of the Hudson River tunnels.\u201d It said the fire resulted in \u201coverhead wire damage.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cImpacts are expected to last through the morning rush hour,” it said. <\/p>\n Amtrak posted on X that it suspended its service until at least noon Friday due to maintenance resulting \u201cfrom a now extinguished fire in the New York area.\u201d It said lengthy delays were expected for trains traveling north of New York. <\/p>\n It did not post any information about the fire itself. An email seeking comment was sent to Amtrak. <\/p>\n Fire officials said 100 firefighters responded to the fire early Friday and that five people were hurt. Two of them were taken to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known. <\/p>\n Penn Station, underneath Madison Square Garden, can serve roughly 600,000 passengers daily via Amtrak, the New York subway system, New Jersey Transit and the LIRR.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n