The Camden Courier Post is reporting that several people were injured today when a fire broke out in the 5th and Market PATCO station in Camden.
When I left work in Camden today at about 5:35 p.m., there were several fire trucks near the station, plus a number of ambulances and three hovering news helicopters.
The station is underground; you walk down steps, through the gate, down more steps, to the platform. Eastbound trains are on one side, westbound on the other. When I got to the station a small crowd of people were sitting on the curb, a few were being given oxygen. I saw one woman being loaded into an ambulance. A woman who had been on the train told me the lights went out, the train stopped and they had to walk to the station.
People were still coming up the stairs and firemen were taking ladders down. You could smell the smoke (very acrid) coming up the street gates along 5th street. A very kind soul gave a carful of people (including me) a ride across the river.
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