Fire near San Leandro BART station disrupts East Bay service - CBS San Francisco
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Fire near San Leandro BART station disrupts East Bay service
Bay Area Rapid Transit service in much of the East Bay is being disrupted for the Tuesday morning commute due to an earlier fire near the San Leandro station.
According to witnesses, the fire broke out shortly before 5 a.m. Additional details about the fire were not immediately available.
Service on multiple lines have been halted until further notice. As of 7:30 a.m., there is no Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line service between the Lake Merritt station in Oakland, the Berryessa station in North San Jose and the Dublin / Pleasanton station.
— BART (@SFBART) May 20, 2025There is currently no Blue, Green or Orange line service between Lake Merritt, Berryessa and Dublin Stations due to issues related to a fire near San Leandro Station.
AC Transit is offering mutual aid between Lake Merritt and Fremont Stations and VTA is providing mutual aid…
AC Transit is offering mutual aid between Lake Merritt and Fremont stations and VTA is providing mutual aid between Milpitas and Berryessa stations. Yellow Line and Red Line service is not impacted.
Tuesday's incident is the second major disruption to BART service in less than two weeks. On May 9, a computer glitch shut down the entire system during the morning commute, impacting tens of thousands of riders.
This is a breaking news update. More details to come.
Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006.
