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Rail Grinder train starts fires, then puts them out across Joplin

S2 · 04/26
2023 · Loram · Joplin, MO, USA

Record

CompanyLoram
Categoryrail supplier
Typefire
Date04/26
2023
Time of daynot documented
LocationJoplin, MO, USA
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceKOAM News Now

What happened

A Loram rail grinding train produced sparks that ignited multiple small fires along the track in Joplin, Missouri; the train's onboard fire-suppression equipment extinguished them.

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