Kelso, WA. – Official Release: Firefighters from Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue were dispatched to a rail car on fire late Tuesday night just before midnight at the BNSF rail line near Talley Way and Coweeman Park Dr. Firefighters arrived on scene and made contact with the Union Pacific representative who informed them that the rail car was hauling garbage from the Seattle area to Arlington, OR for disposal. Firefighters had to cut into the side of the rail car to access and extinguish the smoldering contents.
Before the operation began, the Incident Command Officer, in conjunction with the Union Pacific representative, shut down travel on all train lines for safety purposes.
The fire was extinguished just before 2am Wednesday. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was undetermined.
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