RTA fire sends dozen to hospital, closes Cleveland tracks

CLEVELAND - UPDATE: All RTA trains are running again after a fire injured about 25 people and shut down trains between the Triskett Station and East 55th Street. Most of the delays were over by 4 p.m. Friday, officials said.

A total of 27 people were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries, according to the RTA. Officials are looking into the possibility that the fire was caught on tape by surveillance cameras.

The incident occurred Friday on a Regional Transit Authority train car.

A spokeswoman for RTA said there were about 75 people on the train when the fire broke out just after noon at West 65th Street and Lorain Avenue.

RTA does not know how the fire started. However, RTA's Twitter feed said it was a minor eletrical fire in the overhead wires.

The electricity was immediately shut down until approximately 2:30 during the incident to determine the cause of the fire.

Tracks were closed for about 2 hours and 30 minutes.