A train right outside of Boston caught on fire on Thursday morning, causing distressed passengers to escape through windows, with one jumping into a river.The fire broke out for early morning commuters around 6:45 a.m. on an Orange Line train heading toward Assembly Station in Somerville, Mass. The train halted on a bridge over the Mystic River when the flames exploded from the head car.'Assisted by MBTA personnel, approximately 200 passengers were walked off the train, but some people did evacuate through windows in the first car,' Bay Transportation Authority spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said, according to
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