# Fire in Penn Station (NY)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156 "2003-02-14T21:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/1 "2003-02-14T21:25:17Z")
Someone just came by the office and mentioned there’s a fire in Penn Station and the trains aren’t running (I take the PATH from there and I hope not!). Nothing on the 1010 WINS or NJ Transit web sites yet—anyone hear anything? ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/2 "2003-02-14T21:29:47Z")
I’ve been to Penn Station. I hope it’s not on fire. (Having been to New York City ONE TIME IN MY ENTIRE LIFE - a week or two ago - I am suddenly very heartful of it, and nothing bad is allowed to happen to it until I can go back again and see everything I missed on the Whirlwind Tour.) ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/3 "2003-02-14T21:30:40Z")
Nothing on NY1, either. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/4 "2003-02-14T21:34:20Z")
Just heard in on WNYC. Track fire. 1, 2 and 3 are bypassing Penn (smoke condition) and LIRR suspended. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/5 "2003-02-14T21:37:08Z")
Hmmmm, thanks. Hope the PATH is still running; guess I’ll know by the time I get there . . . Doesn’t sound Serious; we have track fries pretty regularly. Still, awfully annoying on a Friday afternoon, and everyone’s going to be running around yelling “poison gas!” ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/6 "2003-02-14T21:37:59Z")
Mmmm… track fries… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/7 "2003-02-14T21:38:14Z")
Mmmmm . . . . Track fries . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/8 "2003-02-14T21:39:12Z")
Mmmmm…poison gas… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/9 "2003-02-14T21:39:30Z")
Damn! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/10 "2003-02-14T21:41:22Z")
Mmmmmm… any gas… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/11 "2003-02-14T21:50:03Z")
“Manhattan Penn Station Closed - Fire Department Activity. Penn Station is closed due to Fire Department activity. All trains are bypassing Penn Station.” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/12 "2003-02-14T21:51:24Z")
Mmmmm… Fried gas… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/13 "2003-02-14T21:53:38Z")
Mmmm…passing gas in Penn Station ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/14 "2003-02-14T21:54:39Z")
Mmmmm… bypassing… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/15 "2003-02-14T21:56:15Z")
Damn, I hope it’s not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/16 "2003-02-14T21:57:21Z")
Mmmmmm…gastric bypass… ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/17 "2003-02-14T22:03:30Z")
Mmmmm…too many people on the same joke kills it… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/18 "2003-02-14T22:04:05Z")
[Teller] Mmmmm… Penn gas… [/Teller] ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/19 "2003-02-14T22:09:37Z")
Mmmmm…standing stationary in Penn Station while Penn passes gas… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156/20 "2003-02-15T00:11:13Z")
I saw a microscopic blurb on either CNN or Foxnews…then \*nothing \* and I watched for the next hour to see everything. I bet it is being hushed for now on the major networks until they find out what the cause is. No sense in having all the citizens running nilly willy with their duct tape waving in the wind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-penn-station-ny/155156.md?page=2)