Subway transformer catches fire, SEPTA employee hospitalized
A SEPTA employee was hospitalized after an underground transformer caught fire in University City early Tuesday morning.
At about 2 a.m. four fire engines and two ladders responded to the blaze on Market Street near 32nd and officials were still working to extinguish the fire shortly after 3 a.m.
The SEPTA employee suffered minor burns to both hands and was transported to Hahnemann University Hospital in stable condition, fire officials said.
Joshua Yang, Catherine Belton, and Cate Cadell, Washington Post
