A 13-year-old boy was badly burned in a flash fire in Attleborough, Massachusetts.
Fire officials confirm to necn that the teen was taken from the scene on Starkey Avenue to Hasboro Children's Hospital with third-degree burns.
Two boys were throwing objects at power lines above train tracks, causing a high-tension-electrical-arc of 25,000, Attleborough Fire told necn affiliate WJAR.
The other teen wasn't injured.
The incident took place around 5 p.m. on Friday and caused trains to stop in their tracks.
A passenger, who was traveling from Boston to Providence, told WJAR she had been stuck on a train for nearly three hours. She said the train began moving again just after 8 p.m.
"First we were told an Amtrak train had broken down, then we were told there were multiple switch problems," the woman said.
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Mac Daniel, manager of Public Relations and Communications for Keolis Commuter Services, said the accident resulted in a switch malfunction, which caused delays for the MBTA and Amtrak.
He also said technicians were on the scene.
