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TREASTLE FIRE IN CA

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Posted by Datafever on Friday, March 16, 2007 1:07 PM
See discussion and pics in the thread Fire damaging Sacramento tressle
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TREASTLE FIRE IN CA
Posted by alexweiihman on Friday, March 16, 2007 1:00 PM

Just found this news:

 

Trestle Collapses; Fire Continues to Burn
> Written for the web by Jason Kobely, Internet News Producer
>
> At 11:23 p.m. Thursday, fire claimed the last remaining piece of a
> section of railroad in Sacramento that had burned for almost six
> hours. The trestle on the north side of the American River fully
> collapsed into a heap of burning timber and red-hot iron.
>
> The flames, visible for miles, raged across nearly 600 feet of a
> major Sacramento railroad trestle near Cal Expo during the peak of
> afternoon traffic Thursday.
>
> Sacramento fire officials said the blaze was expected to burn
> throughout the night north of the American River and could continue
> to smolder for the next few days. Sources also told News10 that
> investigators believe the fire may have been intentionally set...
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