Amtrak fire near Penn Station triggers major NYC commuter disruptions, NJ Transit and LIRR cancellations

An Amtrak enactment bid occurrence erupted adjacent New York's Penn Station Friday morning, reportedly injuring 5 individuals.

The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) said a telephone was received astatine astir 1:32 a.m. Friday astir a enactment bid occurrence connected way 11 astatine Penn Station connected 31st Street betwixt 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue.

The blaze reached a 2nd alarm astatine 2:43 a.m., and 46 units and 141 occurrence and EMS unit responded, the FDNY confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Five civilians were hurt. Two were earnestly injured and transported to Bellevue Hospital, portion 3 others refused aesculapian attention, according to the occurrence department.

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People locomotion done Penn Station during Memorial Day play connected May 22, 2026, successful New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The blaze was nether power astatine 4:05 a.m., and the origin remains nether investigation.

The New York Post reported that damaged overhead wiring on way 11 prompted New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Railroad to suspend work into the Manhattan station.

NJ Transit indicated that the Amtrak way car occurrence has snarled obstruction service.

"NJ TRANSIT obstruction work is experiencing important impacts owed to an earlier Amtrak way car occurrence successful 1 of the Hudson River tunnels. Impacts are expected to past done the greeting unreserved hour," NJ Transit noted successful a station connected X.

Travelers hole to committee a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) bid astatine Penn Station successful New York, connected Friday, May 22, 2026. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The NJ Transit website states that, "Service is presently suspended betwixt Newark Penn Station and Penn Station New York. Cross-honoring is successful effect with PATH astatine Newark Penn, Hoboken and 33rd St successful New York, arsenic good arsenic with NJ TRANSIT and backstage bearer buses owed to an earlier Amtrak way car occurrence that caused harm to overhead ligament and way infrastructure."

A Long Island Railroad (LIRR) bid to Ronkonkoma astatine Penn Station successful New York, connected Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"Amtrak is moving arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable to marque the indispensable repairs and reconstruct work arsenic soon arsenic possible," the tract notes.