Three people were transported to a nearby hospital to be treated for injuries from the incident.
Videos from the scene show riders busting windows open, helping each other climb out of the train cars.
wtf fire n smashing the train open #MBTA #orangeline pic.twitter.com/niioXqIWsb
— claudia (@cloudfrye) 26 October 2016
Panicked passengers escape through broken windows to evacuate a Boston T train after its motor overheated. https://t.co/zxBkobVLbW pic.twitter.com/YcujpsVu3w
— ABC News (@ABC) 27 October 2016






