MBTA service restored after electrical fire on Red Line tracks
By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent
Two subway stations were evacuated this afternoon and commuters were asked to use shuttle buses after an electrical fire on the Red Line tracks near the Downtown Crossing station, authorities said.
The fire started at about 5:20 when a 600-volt power cable short-circuited in a tunnel just outside the station. Smoke filled that station and the Park Street station, prompting their evacuation.
The stations were reopened about two hours later after firefighters extinguished the blaze and used exhaust fans to vent smoke out of the tunnel.
No one was injured in the fire or its aftermath, MacDonald said.
Globe Correspondent Marc Robins contributed to this report.
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