Freight car fire in Orange, MA 11-20-2013

WWLP wrote:A freight car caught fire in Franklin County Wednesday night, prompting Orange firefighters to call neighboring fire departments for help.
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Captain Soltysik told 22News that "the tail of the train is right behind the Orange fire station, but the fire fighters are about a half mile down the tracks."

He had no information on the nature or seriousness of the fire except to say that it was probably in one of the freight cars, he had no reports of any injuries, and that there are no homes in the immediate vicinity of the fire.

The Recorder wrote:A freight car full of old railroad ties burst into flames as the train neared the town’s wastewater treatment plant, off West Main Street. Several people in the area called the Fire Department as they saw the flames light up the night sky.
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Train service was halted when the fire was called in, and the railroad is working to get the train moving again, Annear said.

Though the flaming freight car was the first car behind the engine, workers disconnected the locomotive and moved it to safety, preventing damage to it, Annear said.