Moscow Metro Fire: Dozens injured, thousands evacuated from subway

Bilangan orang-orang yang memerlukan rawatan perubatan berikutan kebakaran di Moscow metro telah meningkat kepada 59. 15 terpaksa pergi ke hospital dan beberapa orang, termasuk seorang gadis remaja, berada dalam rawatan rapi. Kereta api ujian kosong sekarang berjalan melalui stesen-stesen yang terjejas oleh kebakaran terowong yang disebabkan oleh litar pintas semasa tergesa-gesa waktu pagi beberapa jam. Satu litar pintas ke-2 beberapa jam kemudian ditangguhkan pembukaan semula. RT Egor Piskunov laporan ini.

The number of those who needed medical treatment following a fire in the Moscow metro has risen to 59. 15 had to go to hospital and several people, including a teenage girl, are in intensive care. Empty test trains are now running through the stations affected by the tunnel blaze caused by a short circuit during the morning rush hour. A second short circuit a few hours later delayed the re-opening. RT's Egor Piskunov reports.

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Moscow Metro Kebakaran meminta pemindahan besar-besaran, kesesakan lalu lintas

by MadaMadyan | Suara Rakyat@1WORLDCommunity

Metro Moscow terpaksa menutup salah satu garis sebanyak 2 kali pada hari Rabu, selepas tergesa-gesa pagi beberapa jam kebakaran yang mengakibatkan pemindahan beribu-ribu penumpang dan menyebabkan jisim separa transit jem.

Talian ini telah ditutup secara ringkas selepas tengah hari kurang daripada 1 jam selepas meneruskan perkhidmatan dalam mod ujian apabila asap sekali lagi dilaporkan dalam terowong. Asap yang datang dari tapak yang sama terjejas oleh kebakaran pagi ini, ia disyaki kabel elektrik yang baru dibaiki rosak oleh yang singkat hanya selepas kuasa dipulihkan.

Sekurang-kurangnya 59 orang cedera dalam kejadian itu pagi Rabu di stesen Ryad Okhotny, pegawai-pegawai perubatan yang dilaporkan. 15 daripada mereka, termasuk seorang gadis 15 tahun, telah dibawa ke hospital. Mereka mengakui telah mengalami terhidu asap dan penyakit yang berkaitan dengan tekanan seperti neurosis dan tekanan darah tinggi. 3 pesakit dalam terapi intensif, tetapi kesihatan mereka tidak berada dalam bahaya.

Sesetengah 4,500 orang telah dipindahkan dari Metro, berkata Viktor Biryukov, seorang jurucakap untuk perkhidmatan kecemasan di ibu negara. Sesetengah kereta api dihentikan di dalam terowong apabila api meletus. Semua penumpang yang terkandas dan pekerja Metro telah diselamatkan, dan pemindahan berakhir kira-kira sejam selepas kejadian itu bermula.

Kebakaran berlaku pada kira-kira 09:04 masa Moscow (05:04 GMT), dan anggota bomba berjaya cepat Padamkan api. Yang terjejas oleh asap kemudahan sedang pengudaraan.

Jurucakap. Punca kebakaran masih belum ditentukan, tetapi siasatan awal menunjukkan kegagalan teknikal dalam talian kuasa di dalam terowong.

Jawatankuasa Siasatan Moscow berkata ia akan menjalankan siasatan ke atas kemungkinan pelanggaran peraturan-peraturan keselamatan di Metro.

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EMERCOM anggota bomba di Mokhovaya Street di pusat bandar Moscow. Stesen keretapi bawah tanah Okhotny Ryad ditutup kerana kebakaran. (EMERCOM firefighters on Mokhovaya Street in downtown Moscow. The Okhotny Ryad subway station is closed due to a fire). (RIA Novosti/Ilona Golovina)

Api terganggu dengan serius pengangkutan di Moscow pada waktu pagi beberapa jam yang tergesa-gesa. Beberapa stesen berdekatan terpaksa menutup dan menggesa penumpang untuk meninggalkan dan mencari cara alternatif untuk sampai ke destinasi mereka.

Pihak berkuasa telah menyekat trafik bawah tanah di salah satu daripada jalan-jalan berhampiran stesen Ryad Okhotny untuk membolehkan ambulans dan pasukan bomba tiba.

Berpuluh-puluh ribu penumpang pagi adalah terlabat untuk bekerja kerana kejadian itu.

Pihak berkuasa bandar telah menggunakan 40 bas tambahan dan troli untuk mengimbangi beban meningkat pada sistem transit awam.

Dengan ramai penumpang terkandas cuba untuk sampai ke destinasi mereka, ramai yang marah apabila mendapati pemandu teksi Moscow tiba-tiba menaikkan harga mereka. 13km perjalanan dari salah satu stesen tertutup kos satu pengguna Twitter 2,500 Rubles (kira-kira $ 80), katanya.

Operasi Metro kembali sejurus selepas tengah hari, kira-kira 3 jam selepas kejadian itu.


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Imej dari instagram user@vladimiri. Wanita mencuci jelaga dari wajah-wajah mereka berhampiran dengan stesen keretapi bawah tanah Okhotny Ryad ditutup kerana kebakaran. (Image from instagram user@vladimiri. Women wash soot off their faces near the Okhotny Ryad subway station closed due to a fire). (RIA Novosti/Marina Batasheva)

Moscow Metro fire prompts mass evacuation, traffic jams

The Moscow Metro had to shut down one of its lines twice on Wednesday, following a morning rush hour fire that resulted in the evacuation of thousands of commuters and caused a partial mass transit jam.

The line was briefly closed after midday less than an hour after resuming service in test mode when smoke was again reported in the tunnel. The smoke came from the same site affected by this morning’s fire; it is suspected that a newly repaired electric cable was damaged by a short just after power was restored.

At least 59 people were injured in the incident Wednesday morning at the Okhotny Ryad station, medical officials reported. Fifteen of them, including a 15-year-old girl, were taken to hospital. Those admitted had suffered from smoke inhalation and stress-related ailments like neurosis and high blood pressure. Three patients are in intensive therapy, but their lives are not in danger.

Some 4,500 people have been evacuated from the Metro, said Viktor Biryukov, a spokesperson for the capital’s emergencies service. Some trains were stopped inside a tunnel when the flames erupted. All stranded passengers and Metro employees have been rescued, and the evacuation ended about an hour after the incident started.

The fire broke out at approximately 9:04am Moscow time (05:04 GMT), and firefighters managed to quickly douse the blaze. The facilities affected by smoke are being ventilated.

The cause of the fire is yet to be determined, but a preliminary investigation indicates a technical failure in a power line inside a tunnel, the spokesperson said.

Moscow’s Investigative Committee said it will conduct an inquiry into possible violations of safety regulations on the Metro.

The fire seriously disrupted transportation in Moscow during morning rush hour. Several nearby stations had to close and urge passengers to leave and seek an alternate means to get to their destination.

Authorities have blocked ground traffic at one of the streets near Okhotny Ryad station to allow ambulances and fire brigades to arrive.

Tens of thousands of morning commuters were late for work due to the incident.

City authorities have deployed 40 extra buses and trolleys to compensate for the increased load on the public transit system.

With crowds of stranded commuters trying to get to their destinations, many were angry to find that Moscow’s taxi drivers had suddenly hiked their prices. A 13km trip from one of the closed stations cost one Twitter user 2,500 rubles (about $80), he said.

Metro operations resumed shortly after midday, about three hours after the incident.