{"id":9230,"date":"2026-04-21T08:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/9230\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:45:09","slug":"moscow-metro-disrupted-after-smoke-incident-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/9230\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow Metro disrupted after smoke incident &#8211; VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Train service on part of Moscow\u2019s Red Line was temporarily suspended after smoke was reported on the line. <\/p>\n<p>Train movement was stopped between the stations Sokolniki and Park Kultury following a technical malfunction involving one of the train sets, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/DtOperativno\/25887\" rel=\"nofollow\">Moscow Metro.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials said the affected train has been removed for servicing by the manufacturer, and preliminary reports indicate that no passengers were injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/russian-rapper-morgenshtern-fined-over-foreign-agent-charges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moscow<\/a> transport department stated that the disruption was caused by a technical fault in one of the trains operating on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were also seen near Krasnye Vorota station, where reports of smoke prompted a temporary evacuation of passengers. Eyewitness accounts suggested that nearby stations, including Komsomolskaya, were also briefly evacuated as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities stressed that passenger safety was not compromised and that metro staff assisted commuters in safely exiting the stopped train and reaching stations.<\/p>\n<p>Service disruptions were reported across several central stations as inspections and safety checks were carried out.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Heavy smoke engulfed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Moscow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Moscow<\/a>\u2019s Krasnye Vorota <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/metro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#metro<\/a> station, prompting an suspension of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/train?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#train<\/a> operations. <\/p>\n<p>Passengers were evacuated into the tunnel amid the emergency response, with early reports pointing to a possible fire from a loose cable. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdMTV8pK8J\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kdMTV8pK8J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 News.Az (@news_az) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/news_az\/status\/2046506792465698883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/aysel-mammadzada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Aysel Mammadzada<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Train service on part of Moscow\u2019s Red Line was temporarily suspended after smoke was reported on the line.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2470,26,5588,5585,5586,5587],"class_list":{"0":"post-9230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-moscow","8":"tag-fire","9":"tag-moscow","10":"tag-park-kultury","11":"tag-red-line","12":"tag-smoke","13":"tag-sokolniki"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}