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Orange Line Train Motor Overheats, Causes Panic In Back Bay Station Wednesday

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Shannon Dooling

October 27, 2016

The scene outside Back Bay station Wednesday evening after a train engine's overheated and caused a fire that filled the station with smoke. (Shannon Dooling/WBUR)

A mechanical malfunction on an Orange Line train made for a chaotic scene during Wednesday night's evening commute.

Video circulating on social media shows passengers frantically kicking out windows and trying to pry open doors, while the subway tunnel at Back Bay Station fills with smoke.

WBUR's Shannon Dooling reports.

This segment aired on October 27, 2016.

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