Part of Paris metro disrupted by electrical fault, smoke -police

  09 February 2017    Read: 2199
Part of Paris metro disrupted by electrical fault, smoke -police
Part of Paris` metro underground train service was disrupted on Wednesday night because of an electrical fault that caused smoke at one of the stations, police in the French capital said, Reuters reports.
A police spokesman said the incident was due to a technical fault. "No explosion. This was not a (terrorist) attack," the spokesman said.

Two people suffered slight injuries from smoke inhalation, police said.

A spokesman for metro operator RATP said: "There was a technical incident on line 6 and there was a release of smoke. Maintenance workers are on the spot. Traffic has been interrupted on part of the line."

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