Officials state numerous carsandtrucks on a freight train haveactually thwarted and captured fire in rural Maine
Several automobiles on a freight train hindered and captured fire early Saturday in rural Maine, authorities and the train operator stated. Three employees were injured, however their injuries were stated not to be deadly.
The Maine Forest Service stated in a declaration that 3 engine engines and 6 vehicles bring lumber and electrical circuitry went off the track at about 8: 30 a.m. in Sandwich Academy Grant Township in Somerset County.
They hindered into a wooded location and began a little forest fire, which emergencysituation responders consistedof and were keepingtrackof, the service stated. The 3 railway staffmembers were taken to the medicalfacility.
Preliminary evaluation pointed to a accumulation of “melting ice and particles that cleaned out part of the railway track” as a possible cause of the mishap, the Forest Service included.
Some harmful products were on board the train, the company stated, however authorities on the scene examined that they were not at danger of dripping or capturing fire.
C. Doni