Dramatic scenes unfolded at Newport Station, Jersey City, on Monday, when a PATH train caught fire during rush hour.

A fire broke out beneath an eastbound PATH train at Newport station, Jersey City, NJ, on August 4, 2025, at around 6:19 a.m.

The fire started shortly before 6:20 a.m. under an eastbound train at the Newport PATH Station, Port Authority of New York ...

The city sent two invoices to CPKC totalling almost $22,000 for using fire extinguishing foam and responding to the train fire. Both invoices have been paid in full, the report said.

After a "defensive attack," first responders finally got the emergency under control around 12:30 a.m. — more than an hour and a half after the fire was first reported by frantic locals calling 911.