Two MBTA train operators were sent to a hospital Sunday evening after a fallen wire made contact with a Green Line trolley at Boston College Yard, causing a fire and disrupting service for several hours.

About 110 feet of overhead catenary wire came down on the tracks near BC around 5 p.m. and made contact with the out-of-service train, sparking flames and electrical arcing , according to the MBTA. The Boston Fire Department responded to the scene a few minutes later and extinguished the fire by 5:26 p.m.

Two operators, who were on the out-of-service train at the time, were taken to a local hospital for smoke inhalation and were evaluated and released later Sunday, according to the MBTA.

T power crews arrived at Boston College Yard shortly before 6 p.m. and found no damage to the ma

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