変電所火災、２３万人に影響　１１日は平常通り運行―ＪＲ東

　１０日午後０時５０分ごろ、埼玉県蕨市のＪＲ東日本蕨交流変電所で火災が起きた。ＪＲ東によると、火災による停電が発生し、首都圏を走る同社の１０路線が一時運転を見合わせた。一部は終日運休し、約２３万６０００人に影響したが、１１日は始発から通常通り運行している。
　ＪＲ東によると、運転を見合わせたのはいずれも在来線で、うち６路線は約１時間半後までに運行を再開した。その後停電は解消し、湘南新宿ラインの一部を除いて午後８時すぎまでに運転が再開された。
　機器を制御する変圧器付近で出火したといい、同社は機器のトラブルが原因とみて調べている。
　一方、７日夜に発生した最大震度５強の地震で、東京都足立区内を走行中の車両が脱輪し、全線で運休していた日暮里・舎人ライナーは、１１日の始発から運転を再開した。（2021/10/11-12:01）

A fire that broke out at a substation of East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sunday affected around 236,000 people, according to the railway operator.
   The fire at the substation in the city of Warabi started around 12:50 p.m. Sunday (3:50 a.m. GMT), causing a power outage, which led 10 JR East train lines and services in the greater Tokyo area to be halted. On Monday, the affected lines and services began normal operations from the day's first trains.
   According to the company, operations were resumed about 90 minutes after the suspension or earlier on six of the 10. The power failure was resolved later Sunday, and all of the affected operations except part of the Shonan-Shinjuku Line service restarted by shortly after 8 p.m. that day.
   The fire occurred near a transformer that controls devices at the substation. JR East is investigating details of the incident, suspecting that trouble related to equipment led to the fire.
   The transport ministry has ordered JR East to find out the cause of the fire and consider measures to prevent a similar incident, and assess whether steps it took for passengers affected by the service suspension were adequate, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a press conference Monday.