I’ve experienced the MRT breaking down several times before but this is another level. At the Santolan/ Anapolis station, the operator on the receiver said, “restarting lang po.” Then proceeded in shutting down the train, doors open, aircon and lights turned off. Then after around 15mins, restarted the train which sounded like a revving car. Everything went back to normal and slowly started to move. After a few seconds, I heard some sort of explosion. Not like a bomb, but like an exploding engine. Then smoke emerged from the front covering our whole bus with black smoke. Followed by panicking screams and pushing from the front row to the back. I thought, “is this the end?” Then some brave soul near one of the doors shouted, “walang mag papanic!” and calmly operated the emergency exit lever, good thing at least something worked in this train?! This is the scene upon stepping out. I coughed, spit, picked black dust in my nose all the way down the station. Took a tricycle and proceeded with my weekly grocery. 😆 Thank you Lord for another life! Stay safe, Manila! #mrtphilippines https://www.instagram.com/p/B4cI4vNB0O_/?igshid=su82uz6njrez