MINOT, ND (KXNET) — A fire was put out Thursday morning at the Amtrak station in Minot after firefighters were informed of smoke coming from the back of a dining car.

Crews responded to a call at 9:15 a.m. at the Amtrak station in Minot, where a battery compartment on a train had caught fire, according to the Minot Fire Department. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames using a fire extinguisher, without the need for a hose line.

Everyone was safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported.

KX News has reached out to the Minot Fire Department for more information, and will update the story as it comes in.

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