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Firefighters Working To Prevent Rail Car Explosion

Posted: Aug 24, 2011 7:23 AM

LINCOLN, Calif. - Firefighters were trying to keep a burning rail car from exploding and leveling nearby homes and businesses in a Northern California suburb as authorities enforced an evacuation order that affected about 4,800 homes.
The 29,000-gallon tanker loaded with liquid propane caught fire midday on Tuesday at a Northern Propane Energy yard in Lincoln, a city of 40,000 north of Sacramento.
Firefighters set up four fixed hoses to soak the tanker and to keep its temperature down as the propane burns off, a process that officials said could take until Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the American Red Cross has set up three evacuation centers to help people whose homes are inside the mandatory evacuation area - designated as within one mile of the rail car.

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