Freight train stops on tracks after fire in Burke, Virginia – NBC4 Washington

A freight train stopped on the tracks in Burke, Virginia, on Tuesday afternoon after a wagon caught fire.

Shortly after 3:15 p.m., Fairfax County firefighters arrived at the railroad tracks in the 9300 block of Lee Street and found a railroad car full of wooden ties – the wooden supports that lie between the two metal rails – in flames.

The train had stopped on the tracks, which made it take longer to extinguish the fire, the Fairfax County Fire Department told News4.

By 4:45 p.m., the fire was extinguished. Footage from NewsChopper4 showed the train still smoking on the tracks and a carriage full of charred, blackened pieces of wood.

It was initially unclear whether anyone was injured in the fire. The cause of the fire is also still unclear.

Rail traffic in the area has been suspended while firefighters continue to work on the carriage.

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