Saturday March 11, 2023 | 17:07
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A wagon stop was recorded this Saturday afternoon on Line 1 due to the presence of smoke at the Escuela Militar and Manquehue stations. Users had to evacuate and reported an explosion and the presence of fire in the tunnel.
the presence of smoke at the stations between Escuela Militar and Manquehue forced the stop of line 1 wagons this Saturday afternoon.
Through its official account, Metro reported that “We are detained for more than the habituation time due to the presence of smoke at the Escuela Militar station. We are working to normalize the frequency of trains as soon as possible”.
Users reported a explosion at the station at about 4:30 p.m.which would be linked to a possible electrical failure.
Records shared by social networks show passengers trying to get out of the carriages:
#Emergency #metro #March 11th between Escuela Militar station and Manquehue. #Fire @adnradiochile @biobio pic.twitter.com/DPXojnLlRF
— John Paul Saez (@juanpasaez) March 11, 2023
@metrodesantiago metro military school today Saturday at 4:30 electrical failure with explosion pic.twitter.com/ZXlSaiAMw0
— Macka Ignacia (@blahckstar4ever) March 11, 2023
Subway stopped due to explosion and smoke between Military School and Manquehue pic.twitter.com/istE7SV8E2
— Claudia Cordova (@ClaudiaCordovaJ) March 11, 2023
Later, the company responded via Twitter to some users who requested more information about what happened: “We were detained for more than the usual time due to the presence of smoke at the Escuela Militar station. We have already reestablished and are working to normalize the frequency of trains”.
Of course, no further details of what happened in the place were given.
We were detained for more than the usual time due to the presence of smoke at the Escuela Militar station. We have already restored and are working to normalize the frequency of trains, Maria.
— Metro de Santiago – #NuevoViaje (@metrodesantiago) March 11, 2023
It should be noted that this afternoon the El Parrón and Ciudad del Niño stations also had to be closed due to disturbances abroad.