1 person dies after smoke empties DC Metro station

By The Associated Press
January 12, 2015 | 7:41 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokeswoman for the metro system in Washington, D.C., says one person has died after smoke forced the evacuation of one of the U.S. capital’s busiest downtown stations.

Spokeswoman Caroline Laurin declined to give more information Monday evening, saying the National Transportation Safety Board was investigating.

Hundreds were evacuated from the L’Enfant Plaza station about 3:30 p.m. Monday. At least six were taken to the hospital.

District of Columbia Fire and EMS spokesman Timothy Wilson said earlier in the day that emergency medical workers evaluated dozens of passengers after smoke filled the station.

The source of the smoke was not immediately known.

Indonesia keeps several airports closed though volcanic eruption is easing

By The Associated Press
September 7, 2026 | 2:22 AM

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia kept several airports closed and shifted schools to remote learning Monday though the volcanic eruption that has halted 2,300 flights and coated areas with ash was subsiding. The continuous, 25-hour eruption of Anak Krakatau that produced a fountain of lava and a boom heard 700 kilometers (435 miles) away ended Sunday, the country's Geological Agency said. But it remained active Monday with moderate, intermittent eruptions, dark ash emissions and small, localized earthquakes, the agency said in a statement. Weather was obscuring visual observations of the eruption. AirNav Indonesia said tests showed volcanic ash present in the airspace around Jakarta and several other cities, prompting authorities to close eight airports until 6 p.m. Monday, including the four commercial airports managed by state-owned operator InJourney Airports: Jakarta's international airports of Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma, Husein Sastranegara in West Java and Radin Inten in Lampung on the southern tip of Sumatra. The closure has disrupted about 2,300 flights and affected 268,539 passengers at the four airports managed by InJourney Airports, the company said.

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