UPDATE 3:25 p.m.: The evacuated train didn’t have a fire on it despite what Metro e-alerts may have shown, according to Montgomery County’s Fire Department. Instead, the train’s brakes were smoking, said Assistant Chief Scott Graham. The smoke then filled the station, causing the shutdown. Fire crews opened up two air shafts to ventilate the station, he said.
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