About 1,100 Taipei MRT passengers were evacuated on Wednesday morning after white smoke billowed through the cars on a Blue Line train, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC) said. The incident occurred at about 8am when the train was at Longshan Temple Station on its way to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station. TRTC said the passengers were evacuated according to standard operating procedures and put on the next train. TRTC was investigating the cause of the smoke.