Fire Breaks Out at Forest Hills Commuter Rail

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Fire at Forest Hills Station, Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Ken Pope

Fire at Forest Hills Station, Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Fire at Forest Hills Station, Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Ken Pope

Fire at Forest Hills Station, Saturday, April 4, 2015.

UPDATE, Monday 9:36 a.m. — Lightning looks to have caused the blaze.

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The Boston Fire Department is fighting an early-morning blaze in an electrical vault by the commuter rail tracks at Forest Hills Station.

Smoke from the fire could be seen from a distance.

Firefighters responded to the blaze at 6:44 a.m. Saturday. Just after 8 a.m. a Fire Department spokesman Tweeted it had gone to two alarms.

Transportation officials Tweeted, also shortly after 8 a.m., that Orange Line trains were again moving, but there were delays along the commuter rail.

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