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KevinKorell
BART website:
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Due to a fire near BART tracks in West Oakland that started early this morning, there is currently no BART service between Oakland and San Francisco.
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KevinKorell
Update.

There was damage to BART's infrastructure from the fire.
KevinKorell
Storify, including some Tweets from BART and affected riders: http://storify.com/sfbart/fire-near-west-o...isrupts-service
KevinKorell
Oakland, CA Tribune, 6/14/12:
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BART resumes transbay service

BART has resumed service through the transbay tube in both directions but delays are expected throughout the system for the evening commute following a destructive and suspicious early morning fire that halted service between San Francisco and the East Bay most of Thursday.
Here is the article.
KevinKorell
Oakland, CA Tribune, 6/15/12:
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BART operations back to normal Friday morning

Twenty-four hours after fire damage shut down the West Oakland BART station and brought the Bay Area's morning commute to a halt, the station was open Friday morning and the train system's fleet was running on time, a spokesman said.
This story is here.
KevinKorell
San Jose, CA Mercury News, 6/28/12:
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Oakland fire that shut down BART on June 14 ruled an arson

A fire near the West Oakland BART station earlier this month that shut down the train system for a day has been ruled arson, federal investigators said Thursday.

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