The official explained that the smoke was detected at 10:41 a.m. this Monday by the station inspector some 200 meters inside the platform, so the power was cut off and the fire extinguisher was used at the point where the buses were on fire. cables.
When the power was restored, the smoke began to be generated again, so it was decided to evacuate the station where around 700 people were, the emergency forces and personnel from the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office arrived.
In the review, it was found that one of the nine traction cables on the tracks was not there, which caused the rest to overheat.
(Photo: CDMX Metro)
“What is presumed to have happened, there was overheating in these 750 volt cables, this overheating ignited the plastic insulation that spread to the other eight cables. That was what caused the cloud of smoke,” Calderón explained.
According to the director of the Metro, the installation and connection of electrical energy to the guide bar had complied with the maintenance review protocols.
“Yes, it had completed the maintenance cycle, it is not a mobile part, it is a fixed part; So, that is precisely what is being investigated.
“The cables that can be seen here have already lost their plastic insulation, and you can see the hole where the third cable should go from right to left. Those are welded with that rod, welded with proper welding, and with those plates to this crossbar, and that is the part that is currently under investigation, how could that cable come off?”, he pointed out.
