Trains to New York's Grand Central suspended after fire

[May 18, 2016]  By David Gregorio
 
 NEW YORK CITY (Reuters) - Rail services in and out of New York City's Grand Central Terminal will be suspended for the morning commute on Wednesday, a day after a fire under a section of elevated track in Manhattan interrupted the evening rush hour, officials said.

New York Fire Department members attend to a fire call at the Harlem neighborhood in New York May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

The Metro-North will operate on a Saturday schedule with trains terminating in the Bronx, where passengers will be able to make subway connections, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said in a statement.

The blaze, in East Harlem, may have began when a generator caught fire at a garden supply company, igniting chemicals, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said after touring the site.

Metro-North spokeswoman Meredith Daniels told Reuters that structural engineers were checking the tracks for damage on Tuesday evening. Images of the fire posted on social media showed bright flames directly under the tracks and dense plumes of black smoke reaching into the sky.

(Reporting by David Gregorio in New York and Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; editing by John Stonestreet)

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