Overview
- Fire crews responded to reports of an active trackside blaze near the county line at Daly City and contained the fire the night of Tuesday, Sept. 8, with no injuries reported.
- BART announced service was stopped between West Oakland and Daly City while firefighters worked and later restored transbay runs but kept the Balboa Park-to-Colma segment suspended.
- San Francisco crews said the flames involved rail equipment and an adjacent outside building while the substation and tracks were not occupied at the time.
- North County Fire Authority and BART Police are leading the active investigation into the cause and the full extent of damage to power and signal equipment.
- The incident fed into broader equipment failures reported at West Oakland and helped produce lasting systemwide delays that have raised fresh questions about BART’s infrastructure reliability and repair needs.