FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Fire Department responded to a train car fire that took place near Hope Campus on Sunday, April 2.
According to Battalion Chief Ryan Rains, a brush fire got into a couple of railroad ties, starting the fire. He says this happened on the riverside part of the railroad tracks at the 300 block of South E Street across from Hope Campus.
Chief Rains explains that railroad ties are pieces of wood placed under railroad tracks. The ties are coated with an oil that preserves the wood. Chief Rains says two large piles of these ties caught on fire and it took 17-20 firefighters to put the fire out completely.
The fire was successfully put out by 5 p.m. according to officials.
Train car fire in Fort Smith
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