All Tokyo loop line services briefly suspended due to luggage fire

TOKYO – All train services on the Yamanote loop line in central Tokyo were temporarily suspended Sunday afternoon after a passenger’s luggage caught fire, JR East said, and firefighters received a report that four people were injured.

The railway operator said the fire, believed to have been caused by a smartphone or mobile battery, broke out around 4:10 p.m.

All services on the busy line were affected, but operations resumed by around 6:10 p.m.