HAYWARD — BART officers shut the system’s South Hayward station just after a hearth broke out at a nearby electrical substation Tuesday evening, authorities stated.
The station shut all over 6:20 p.m. after an explosion at the substation, with Hayward Hearth Section firefighters responding to the scene.
A commuter claimed she had just exited the station and achieved her car in a parking lot when she seen smoke soaring from a parking whole lot on the station’s other side.
“I got to my auto and I saw a significant cloud of smoke and flashes of light-weight<” she said. “At first I thought it was a car that caught on fire, but the explosion of noise kept going on. Then I saw all of the first responders and fire trucks coming in.”
Station staff were turning back trains along the Berryessa line at Hayward and Union City stations, with mutual-aid service provided by AC Transit’s No. 99 line between Hayward, South Hayward and Union City stations, according to BART spokesman Chris Filippi said at 6:30 p.m.
No word was immediately available on any injuries.
In a separate issue, BART commuters briefly saw major delays around the same time due to an unrelated equipment failure issue in Downtown Oakland in the Dublin-Pleasanton, Berryessa, Richmond and San Francisco directions, but those were downgraded within minutes.
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BART service has stopped at South Hayward station due to a substation on fire. Fire crews are responding to the issue. @rideact bus line 99 is providing alternate service between Hayward, South Hayward and Union City stations. pic.twitter.com/HwO09RLnql
— SFBART (@SFBART) March 2, 2022
This equipment issue in Downtown Oakland has been resolved. Green and Blue line trains are now running normal service. System is recovering from the major delay in all East Bay directions, expect residual delays.
— SFBART (@SFBART) March 2, 2022
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