Bay area rapid transit district fire on train no. 117 and evacuation of passengers while in the Transbay tube, San Francisco, California, January 17, 1979.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 19 JUL 1979Description: 59 pReport number: Work-Unit-No.-2588-A; NTSB-RAR-79-5; PB298905Subject: On January 17, 1979, the fifth and sixth cars of the seven-car westbound train of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District caught fire while moving through the tunnel under the San Francisco Bay between Oakland and San Francisco, California. Twenty-four firemen, seventeen passengers, three emergency personnel and twelve BART employees were treated for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fatality of one fireman and the injuries of others was inhalation of smoke and toxic fumes emitted from burning plastic materials used in construction of the transit cars
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On January 17, 1979, the fifth and sixth cars of the seven-car westbound train of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District caught fire while moving through the tunnel under the San Francisco Bay between Oakland and San Francisco, California. Twenty-four firemen, seventeen passengers, three emergency personnel and twelve BART employees were treated for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fatality of one fireman and the injuries of others was inhalation of smoke and toxic fumes emitted from burning plastic materials used in construction of the transit cars
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