1 of 1
Story summary
- A faulty aerial cable shorted a main breaker, igniting a fire at Daly City substation.
- The 40-year-old Daly City substation was among BART’s five facilities slated for replacement.
- Heat triggered false occupancy alerts at 6:23 a.m. and 9:09 a.m., leading to phantom train detections.
- BART halted Green line service and limited Dublin/Pleasanton-Mission runs.
- BART Board Vice President Edward Wright apologized for the outage.
