Service suspended on 2 DC metro lines after report of fire
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Train service was suspended for more than an hour on parts of two lines in the Washington area's Metro system after fire was reported in a tunnel in Arlington.
It happened a little more than a week after a power issue closed the entire system for a day.
Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says the Friday fire appears to have been debris-related and not linked to last week's shutdown. That shutdown followed a fire in a tunnel near the McPherson Square station on the orange, blue and silver lines.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Metro spokeswoman Sherri Ly says service was suspended on parts of the orange and silver lines from around 10 a.m. until 11:20 a.m.
Arlington County fire officials tweeted that firefighters extinguished a blaze in the tunnel between the Clarendon and Courthouse stations.