Commuters flee as smoke fills train and station at Tanjong Pagar MRT station
SINGAPORE - Commuters were seen dashing out of a smoke-filled train at Tanjong Pagar MRT station this afternoon.
Photos and videos posted by eyewitnesses showed the station enveloped in smoke as well. The cause of the incident is unclear. TODAY has reached out to SMRT for comments.
Mr Jason Wang, 38, a commuter who witnessed the incident, told TODAY: "Once the train doors opened, smoke was billowing out from the gap between the platform and the train. There was not much of a smell, but my first thought was,'what if there's a terrorist attack?'
"When the other commuters saw the smoke, they all quickly started running out."
He said officers at the MRT station made an announcement for commuters not to take any videos and photographs. Commuters evacuated themselves out of the train, according to Mr Wang, who works in sales and was travelling from the Raffles Place MRT station to Tanjong Pagar.
He added that a subsequent announcement declared that the platform was closed due to a train fault.
This story is developing.
SINGAPORE - Commuters were seen dashing out of a smoke-filled train at Tanjong Pagar MRT station this afternoon.
Photos and videos posted by eyewitnesses showed the station enveloped in smoke as well. The cause of the incident is unclear. TODAY has reached out to SMRT for comments.
Mr Jason Wang, 38, a commuter who witnessed the incident, told TODAY: "Once the train doors opened, smoke was billowing out from the gap between the platform and the train. There was not much of a smell, but my first thought was,'what if there's a terrorist attack?'
"When the other commuters saw the smoke, they all quickly started running out."
He said officers at the MRT station made an announcement for commuters not to take any videos and photographs. Commuters evacuated themselves out of the train, according to Mr Wang, who works in sales and was travelling from the Raffles Place MRT station to Tanjong Pagar.
He added that a subsequent announcement declared that the platform was closed due to a train fault.
This story is developing.
