Massachusetts Avenue takes its toll as it becomes an Orange Line black hole

For the second time in less than 24 hours, Mass. Ave. on the Orange Line forced an Orange Line shutdown because of something that, once again, forced firefighters to get down on the outbound tracks at the station. Firefighters arrived around 12:15 p.m., then waited for the T to shut down power so they could get onto the tracks. Whatever it was got fixed and the MBTA reported at 1:38 p.m. that service was back to what now passes for normal.