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Train catches fire in Tokyo

By Yubi11 September 2017

A train caught fire in central Tokyo on Sunday. No one was reported injured.

Police and firefighters say the fire first started at a 3-story boxing gym standing along the tracks of Odawara Line at about 4 PM on Sunday.

The train came to an emergency halt next to the burning building and caught fire. The blaze burnt about 15 square meters of the roof before firefighters extinguished it.

Discussion

Yubi #13157

The fire burnt the water resistant coating on the train's roof. Now the problem is that the manual emergency stop button will only make the train stop ASAP. IN this case, it stopped in the middle of danger. I am not sure if the driver had time to try and take the train out of trouble, or whether it was possible to move the train by himself after an emergency stop.

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