At approximately 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, the FDNY responded to reports of a fire involving a four-car MTA work train at the Astor Place subway station in Manhattan. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered heavy smoke at both street and station level from the fully involved vacuum train operating below ground. "Units immediately began to deploy handlines to knock down the fire, supply the train's onboard sprinkler system, and conduct primary and secondary searches," Assistant Chief Thomas Currao said. Firefighters simultaneously evacuated a northbound passenger train that entered the station during the incident while searching both trains and working to extinguish a stubborn fire within one of the vacuum train's filter compartments. Twelve people were injured, including five firefighters and seven civilians. FDNY members worked alongside MTA personnel, MTA Police and NYC Emergency Management to safely extinguish the fire, remove the train from the tunnel and restore service. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.