Another fire in the subway last week, this time in the middle of the night. It's entertainingly recounted here. Rang a lot of bells for me as I was in a similar fire (in about the same location) in 1997, although it never occured to me to look for the third rail. Looks like the CTA hasn't updated its emergency procedures at all, as confusion reigned last week just as it did for me. And, now as then, the first people on the scene were the media. At least the CTA provided last week's customers with a free transfer to ride the shuttle to the next stop; I was told I had to pay another fare.