An electrical fire is being blamed for a major service outage on the TTC Tuesday morning.
Toronto Fire responded to a call around 4:00am of smoke pouring out an underground hydro vault in the Richmond and Victoria Area. Power to the area was turned off while crews worked to being the fire under control.
Service on the Yonge subway was shut down from St Andrew to Bloor stations just in time for the morning rush. Several street car lines were also disrupted, leaving commuters scrambling to board cramped shuttle buses. Some just gave up and walked.
No #TTC service from Bloor to St Andrew stations. Shuttle buses are operating. pic.twitter.com/KLTnbUbuUc— The Ryersonian (@theryersonian) March 1, 2016
— Nadia (@nadia_toronto) March 1, 2016
Full transit service was restored shortly before 11:00am.
TTC representative Brad Ross confirmed the fire had originated in one of the transit company's vaults. Crews are still investigating the cause.
Not a good morning for #TTC Vault fire causing all sorts of issues. Check @TTCnotices #Toronto pic.twitter.com/Uy5jxf6xwF— Tony Smyth (@LateNightCam) March 1, 2016
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