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Commuters evacuated in Seoul subway fire

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Commuters were forced to evacuate a subway train Wednesday morning after one of its cars caught fire as it arrived at the Dogok Station in southern Seoul.

The fire was believed to have started at around 10:50 p.m. and subway workers put out the flames shortly after evacuating the passengers.

Subway operators said that the line was operating normally as of 11:20 a.m. No injuries were reported.