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Faulty aerial cable sparks fire, halts BART Green Line

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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.