Santa Ana Station Closed by Fire on Escalator: Emergency Was Controlled by Firefighters

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The event occurred in the access through the intersection of San Martín and Cathedral streets of the Metro station.

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In the afternoon of this Friday, the Santa Ana Station of Line 5 of the Santiago Metro had to be evacuated due to the fire of a escalator. Through its X account, Metro reported that at 16:06 hours. “From this moment Santa Ana L5 is closed and without arrest of trains, by fire procedure in one of the accesses of the station. The combination is suspended.” The event occurred around 15:50 hours, when the presence of fire was warned on a escalator o…

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An emergency is recorded during the afternoon of this Friday, August 21, in the Santiago Metro, after the presence of fire was reported inside the Santa Ana station, common combination between Line 5 and Line 2. According to information provided by Santiago Metro, from 16:06 hours the Santa Ana station is closed and without arrest of trains. Estp due to a fire procedure in one of the accesses. In addition, the combination between lines 2 and 5 r…

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During the afternoon of this Friday, Metro de Santiago announced the closure of an important combination station. It is an emergency that suspended the combination and forced to alter the trips of the people traveling on that line. Metro de Santiago closes emergency station According to what was reported by the social networks of the transport service, the incident occurred at about 16:10 hours. The only station affected, at this moment, is Sant…

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Firefighters controlled the emergency originating from one of the accesses. Metro confirmed that there were no injuries and temporarily suspended the combination with Line 5.

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The fire concentrated on the Santo Domingo street access, and forced the passengers to evacuate inside. Firefighters claims that the disaster was generated in a lithium battery tank.