»Gas leak shuts down BART

Just as BART were planning an emergency readiness drill for 26 Sept., Murphy struck:

OAKLAND -- A gas leak at BART's main headquarters building in Oakland Friday forced an evacuation of all employees including the computer center triggering a shutdown of the rapid transit system.

The evacuation -- which took place around 2 p.m. -- grounded to a halt all traffic on the BART lines including at least one train in the Transbay Tube.

BART officials were trying to reboot the system from a remote location, but as of 2:38 p.m. the trains were still not running. No other details were immediately available.

UPDATE: BART claim that trains were operational at 2.30