Flames near San Leandro station halts service

A fire under the tracks near the San Leandro BART station has cut off service on lines running in parts of the East Bay, affecting thousands of passengers, on Tuesday.

Trains were not running during the morning rush hour on the green and orange lines from Lake Merritt in Oakland to Berryessa in San Jose. There was also no blue line service from Lake Merritt to the Dublin-Pleasanton station.

A fire under the trackway near BART’s San Leandro station was “causing major system wide delays,” according to an agency spokesperson. The fire was reported around 5:08 a.m. Its cause was unclear, BART said.

Video posted on X by a KCBS reporter showed flames leaping from the elevated tracks and a fire burning on the ground.