It happened around 6 p.m. on Thursday near the Crum Lynne Station in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania.
The six-car train was carrying roughly 350 people when it caught fire. An image shared with our sister station, Action News in Philadelphia, showed smoke billowing out of the windows.
IMAGE: A SEPTA train en route to Wilmington, Del., went up in flames in Delaware County on Feb. 6, 2025.
According to SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch, as the train was being evacuated it was learned the first car was catching fire.
"Very quick action by our crews that that helped allow this to be a safe outcome," Busch said. "We don't know where this started, just that it was in the area underneath the train and then obviously engulfed the train in flames."
Passengers said smoke was reported several minutes after leaving Philadelphia.
Amtrak says service between Philadelphia and Wilmington has resumed after experiencing delays due to the fire, but residual delays were expected due to rail congestion.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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