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Washington (CNN)Washington's commuters will face delays Tuesday morning following a deadly incident on the capital's subway train system.

One passenger died after smoke filled the L'Enfant Plaza metro station Monday afternoon, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said. A total of 84 people were taken to hospitals.

The National Transportation and Safety Board released a statement saying "an electrical arcing event" sparked the incident.

"There was an electrical arcing event involving the trackside power cables (the third rail)," said a statement from the NTSB's Peter Knudson.

A six-car Yellow line train was southbound from L'Enfant station when sparks were noticed about 1,100 feet in front of the train as the tunnel filed with smoke.

"Passengers on the train self-evacuated.," Knudson said. "The train did not derail. There was no fire on the train."