Excerpt from the full story at Yahoo! News:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... way_fire_3
"It will take "several millions of dollars and several years" to rebuild hundreds of relays, switches and circuits that track train signals and locations, NYC Transit President Lawrence Reuter said.
It was the most serious damage to the subway's infrastructure since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which destroyed tracks and stations underneath the World Trade Center, Reuter said.
The fire was set Sunday in a shopping cart in or near the Chambers Street station in lower Manhattan, fire officials said. It ignited cables above the platform and spread to a room full of switching and signal equipment, said NYC Transit's parent agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (news - web sites).
Authorities believe a homeless person trying to keep warm set fire to the cart full of clothing and wood, but no suspect had been located."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... way_fire_3
"It will take "several millions of dollars and several years" to rebuild hundreds of relays, switches and circuits that track train signals and locations, NYC Transit President Lawrence Reuter said.
It was the most serious damage to the subway's infrastructure since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which destroyed tracks and stations underneath the World Trade Center, Reuter said.
The fire was set Sunday in a shopping cart in or near the Chambers Street station in lower Manhattan, fire officials said. It ignited cables above the platform and spread to a room full of switching and signal equipment, said NYC Transit's parent agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (news - web sites).
Authorities believe a homeless person trying to keep warm set fire to the cart full of clothing and wood, but no suspect had been located."
