RT passengers evacuated from smoking train
Posted: 08 October 2010 2201 hrs 
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MRT trains in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Passengers on board an MRT train were
evacuated on Friday evening at the Kembangan station after smoke
was detected in one of its carriages.
The train was on the East-West line heading towards Jurong.
The incident happened at about 7pm.
A hotline caller told MediaCorp the train was approaching Kembangan
station when smoke started coming out of one of the sections
connecting the carriages.
Thirty-three-year-old passenger Sun Zhi Yi, who was just five
metres away from the section, said: "(There was) a lot of smoke and
it smelled like diesel".
Mr Sun said the train was crowded at the time of the
incident.
An announcement was made for passengers to alight at Kembangan
station and wait for the next train.
SMRT said investigations were ongoing.
