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L'Enfant Plaza Metro station closed, evacuated due to smoke (D.C.)
Fox5 ^ | 11-12-2015 | Fox5

Posted on 01/12/2015 1:28:27 PM PST by tcrlaf

The L'Enfant Plaza Metro station has been evacuated due to smoke in the station.

Metro says trains are bypassing the station and the station has been temporarily closed.

Metro says the source of the smoke has not been determined and it has activated tunnel fans to ventilate the area.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxdc.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: dc; fire; lenfantplaza; lenfantplazametro; metro; smoke
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"Mass Casualty Event" Declared..

Really unclear what is going on, but there is a HUGE police/fire response.

1 posted on 01/12/2015 1:28:27 PM PST by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

Transformer problem?


2 posted on 01/12/2015 1:29:30 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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TWITPICS
3 posted on 01/12/2015 1:30:35 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Dog

Maybe just an electrical issue. ..


4 posted on 01/12/2015 1:31:58 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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5 posted on 01/12/2015 1:32:24 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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Some idiot probably lit up a cigarette.


6 posted on 01/12/2015 1:34:32 PM PST by Cementjungle
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L’Enfant...........French?


7 posted on 01/12/2015 1:36:13 PM PST by Toespi
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"Mass Casualty Event" Declared

Sounds like a fire.

Definitely not terrorist related though./s

8 posted on 01/12/2015 1:37:06 PM PST by eldoradude (It doesn't matter how many it takes, the lightbulb has already been stolen.)
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Pierre L'Enfant
9 posted on 01/12/2015 1:37:27 PM PST by thesharkboy (posting without reading the article since 1998)
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To: tcrlaf

L’Enfant was french born, maybe a french connection.


10 posted on 01/12/2015 1:37:29 PM PST by CJ Wolf
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Where did you find “mass casualty event” notice? I didn’t read it in the article. .did I miss it?


11 posted on 01/12/2015 1:37:39 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: thesharkboy

FOX 5 has learned two people reportedly unconscious have been transported to the hospital.


12 posted on 01/12/2015 1:38:04 PM PST by Toespi
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To: tcrlaf

Sounds not good


13 posted on 01/12/2015 1:39:02 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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14 posted on 01/12/2015 1:40:47 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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That is a huge hub station on top of a shopping mall. It is where I always get off when I go to DC.


15 posted on 01/12/2015 1:41:46 PM PST by wolfman23601
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Let’s hope it’s not the “Religion of Pieces.”


16 posted on 01/12/2015 1:44:35 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Everytime the cash register rings in a gun store, a Founding Father gets his wings.)
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Twitter pics from someone inside the train: https://twitter.com/JRogers202
17 posted on 01/12/2015 1:45:41 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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I don’t know, but I do know it has nothing to do with Islam.


18 posted on 01/12/2015 1:47:52 PM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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Although the event has been labeled a “mass casualty event” that refers strictly to the number of people involved and is not a suggestion that there are numerous injuries or deaths.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/01/12/lenfant-plaza-station-evacuated-for-smoke/

whay in HECK...they referred to it as a Mass Casualty Event...ies well beyond ,y understanding


19 posted on 01/12/2015 1:48:17 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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DeeCee just legalized marijuana ...jus’ sayin’


20 posted on 01/12/2015 1:48:27 PM PST by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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