Normal service resumes on LIRR following delays caused by fire near Woodmere station
MTA officials say they received a call reporting a fire on the tracks at 5:27 a.m. The blaze was controlled by 6:15 a.m.
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Normal service resumed late Friday afternoon on the Long Island Rail Road Far Rockaway branch after an early morning fire near the Woodmere station caused delays.
The MTA says it received the call just before 5:30 a.m.
Responding crews were able to contain the fire in under 45 minutes.
The third rail at the station was emitting smoke while fire crews were working.
Commuters who were traveling between Valley Stream and Far Rockaway had to use buses instead.
News 12 Reporter Jenn Seelig's Friday morning report on the fire near the Woodmere LIRR station
