Train Derails and Catches Fire Near San Francisco, Causing Minor Injuries and Service Disruptions

Crews work near derailed BART cars on the eastbound tracks between Orinda and Lafayette stations outside the Orinda BART station in Orinda, Calif., on Jan. 1, 2024. Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP

ORINDA, Calif.—Several people suffered minor injuries and service was disrupted when a commuter train derailed and caught fire on New Year’s Day in the San Francisco Bay Area, officials said.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit train had just left Orinda on its way to Lafayette around 9 a.m. Monday when the front two cars went off the track, agency spokesperson Jim Allison said.