Warehouse fire could cause train delays for Tuesday morning commute
A massive fire at a mattress warehouse in a building adjacent to an Amtrak line has canceled MARC trains and paused Amtrak service between Baltimore and Washington, transportation officials said late Monday night.
Baltimore City Fire Department requested Amtrak de-energize overhead train lines, fire officials said, as crews battled the blaze that at one point was up to seven alarms and over 200 firefighters.
Amtrak said via social media Monday night that trains are stopped between Wilmington, Delaware, and Washington 'due to local municipal officials placing a hold on all tracks in west Baltimore,' Amtrak said. It did not have an estimate as to when service would resume.
The Maryland Transit Administration said on social media that it had canceled morning service on the MARC Penn Line, citing concerns that the 'structure may collapse onto the tracks.' It encouraged passengers to use the Camden Line.
'A decision about afternoon service will be made later [Tuesday],' according to an MTA service alert.
Buses have also been detoured, the MTA said, for CityLink Blue, LocalLink 26, 77, and 80 until further notice.
Amtrak had stopped trains between Baltimore and Washington D.C. Trains were also on 'temporary hold' between Baltimore and BWI-Marshall Airport.
'An extended delay is anticipated,' the rail line wrote in a post to X.
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