Railroad Tie Fire

Railroad Tie Fire ---


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June 9, 2015 40 foot pile of wood chips burns in a massive fire in French Island railroad tie scrapping company near La Crosse Wisconsin. Residents are told to shelter in place due to smoke. Cause of fire may never be determined, believed to have started in the chipper at 1 AM.

40-foot pile of wood chips catches fire on French... TOWN OF CAMPBELL, WI (WTAQ) - An investigation is underway to determine what caused a massive industrial fire on French Island, just west of La Crosse. UPDATE: Cause of French Island fire may never be known.. UPDATE: Cause of French Island fire may never be known Residents in the Town of Campbell were told not to leave their homes Tuesday morning due to a large industrial fire. The fire started around 1 a.m. at the Tie Yard of Omaha, a scrap railroad tie company on Bainbridge Street on French Island. Every single fire department from La Crosse County responded to the fire. Firefighters believe the fire started in a wood chipper. 9 departments fighting fire on French Island -... June 9, 2015 9 departments fighting fire on French Island - WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports. ... WXOW-TV says wood chips from old railroad ties are burning.

Developing: Fire crews back at the scene of French... June 9, 2015  www.wqow.com/.../crews-battled-large-fire-on-french-island  UPDATE: Fire crews are back at the scene of Tuesday's industrial fire on French Island. The Town of Campbell fire department arrived at Tie Yard of Omaha, on ...

French Island fire out - Eau Claire... June 9, 2015
www.leadertelegram.com/.../06/09/French-Island-fire-out.html WXOW-TV reports the fire apparently started in the railroad tie yard where wood chips from old railroad ties ignited. Heavy excavating equipment was being used to ...

April 19, 2014  Suspicious Phoenixville railroad tie fire under investigation  PHOENIXVILLE — Burning railroad ties Saturday afternoon created black smoke visible throughout town aThree different fires were found in the area, with the most serious in the railroad ties, the Phoenix ville Fire Department’s website said. “It burned probably three-quarters of an acre,”  cause of the fire is labeled as “suspicious.”

2 arrested, power outage, arson April 16, 2014 Two arrested on arson charges in Longmont burning ofrailroad ties | FOX31 Denver  LONGMONT, Colo. – August Adams and Robert Fitzpatrick are facing second-degree arson charges after being accused of setting fire to a pile of railroad ties Wednesday night The fire started Wednesday about 7:50 p.m. about three-quarters of a mile east of First Avenue and Martin Street and was seen by an officer on patrol in the area. The fire destroyed the overhead power lines in the area, causing a power outage