Aging equipment and extreme heat helped spark a fire at a BART substation Tuesday night, the effects of which continue to plague the system, a top agency manager said Thursday.

BART’s Assistant General Manager of Operations Sylvia Lamb told the transit agency’s board of directors at their regular meeting that the fire started after an HVAC unit in a substation room failed.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.