This article was originally published saying the fire happened on an Amtrak train but has since been updated and corrected to clarify that the Amtrak service was temporarily affected by the fire on the SEPTA train.

More than 300 passengers were safely evacuated after a SEPTA Regional Rail train caught fire Thursday evening in Delaware County, an agency spokesperson said. Around 6 p.m., a fire was reported under a Wilmington/Newark Line train near Crum Lynne Station,

Hundreds of passengers were evacuated safely after a fire started on a train on SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Regional Rail line. The fire engulfed the train's lead car at a station in Ridley Park in Delaware County.

A SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line train caught fire in Delaware County, forcing 350 passengers to evacuate and halting regional and Amtrak service, officials said. The fire broke out beneath the six-car train south of Crum Lynne Station while en route from Philadelphia to Wilmington,