{"id":4074,"date":"2026-05-29T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/29\/fire-in-train-car-near-new-york-citys-penn-station-injures-five-and-disrupts-service\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:39:45","slug":"fire-in-train-car-near-new-york-citys-penn-station-injures-five-and-disrupts-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4074","title":{"rendered":"Fire in train car near New York City\u2019s Penn Station injures five and disrupts service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"c80e0bf5-e130-4d76-8929-c517742c9cdd\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"people in front of a building\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/11d84deddb0b44d8ca17fce67819ef7dd7dc2c53\/485_0_3561_2848\/master\/3561.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"371.8955349620893\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Penn Station in New York City on 19 May 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Jimin Kim\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"c80e0bf5-e130-4d76-8929-c517742c9cdd\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Penn Station in New York City on 19 May 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Jimin Kim\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Fire in train car near New York City\u2019s Penn Station injures five and disrupts service<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Amtrak car caught fire in Hudson River tunnel resulting in overhead wire damage, according to New Jersey Transit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A fire in a rail yard train car near New York\u2019s Penn Station injured five people and disrupted service for many commuters early on Friday, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The fire resulted in train delays on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-jersey\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">New Jersey<\/a> Transit and Amtrak rail services into New York and briefly suspended Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service, more than a week after a strike had shut down that system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">New Jersey Transit posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car that was on fire \u201cin one of the Hudson River tunnels\u201d. It said the fire resulted in \u201coverhead wire damage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cImpacts are expected to last through the morning rush hour,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Amtrak posted on X that it suspended its service until at least noon 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<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It did not post any information about the fire itself. An email seeking comment was sent to Amtrak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Fire officials said 100 firefighters responded to the fire early on Friday and that five people were hurt. Two of them were taken to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">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 class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>More details soon<\/em><em> \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/new-york\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/new-jersey\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">New Jersey<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/world\/rail-transport\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Rail transport<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Fire%20in%20train%20car%20near%20New%20York%20City%E2%80%99s%20Penn%20Station%20injures%20five%20and%20disrupts%20service&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/29\/new-york-penn-station-fire?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F29%2Fnew-york-penn-station-fire&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/29\/new-york-penn-station-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn Station in New York City on 19 May 2026. 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