Amtrak service resumes after SEPTA train traveling from Philly goes up in flames

PENNSYLVANIA (WABC) — Amtrak service along the Northeast Corridor was impacted after a SEPTA train traveling from Philadelphia to Wilmington went up in flames Thursday night.

It happened around 6 p.m. near the Crum Lynne Station in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania.

The six-car train was carrying roughly 350 people when it caught fire. An image shared with our sister station, Action News in Philadelphia, showed smoke billowing out of the windows.