Explosion reported at Civic Center BART station

The Civic Center BART station continues to be closed this afternoon after a train experienced a brake overload, a dispatcher said.

San Francisco firefighters responded to reports of an explosion and a small amount of smoke in the station at about 1:45 p.m., a fire department dispatcher said.

As of 2:30 p.m., trains in both directions continued to be stopped and the station had been evacuated, a BART dispatcher said.

There were no immediate reports of any injuries, she said.

Muni service was temporarily disrupted.

BART crews were working to check the tracks, and the train that experienced the mechanical problem was being removed from the station, the dispatcher said.

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