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Two injured in fire on Toronto subway car

By Trains Staff | January 1, 2024

| Last updated on February 2, 2024


E-bike blamed for fire that shut down part of Yonge-University line for about an hour

Logo of the Toronto Transit CommissionTORONTO โ€” Two people were hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening injuries after a fire broke out on a Toronto subway train Sunday afternoon.

CityNews reports that the fire caused by an e-bike broke out on the first car of a Toronto Transit Commission train at the Sheppard-Yonge station about 3 p.m. The bike was moved onto the station platform, and the station was evacuated. One of those injured was the owner of the e-bike, who suffered injuries including second-degree burns to his hands.

Service on TTC Line 1, the Yonge-University line, was replaced by shuttle buses on the north end of Yonge Street between the Finch and Lawrence stations for about an hour because of the fire.

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