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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T23:46:45.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Crews are working to put out a fire in the District's 9th Street tunnel on Thursday night after a Metro bus burst into flames.\n\n## 9th Street tunnel bus fire\n\nDC Fire and EMS first reported the fire just before 7 p.m.\n\nOfficials are diverting traffic from the area and asking drivers to avoid the tunnel. The southbound lanes in the tunnel have been closed while firefighters battle the flames.\n\nDC Fire and EMS confirmed that everyone in the tunnel when the bus caught on fire had been evacuated. So far, no one's been reported injured.\n\nAccording to DC Metro, there were no passengers on the bus when it caught fire.\n\nThe cause of the fire is unclear.",
  "title": "Metro bus catches fire in 9th Street tunnel, tunnel evacuated"
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