Firefighters extinguish hundreds of railroad ties that caught fire in Lexington
Lexington firefighters extinguished a railroad tie fire off Angliana Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
Just before 1 p.m., fire crews arrived near train tracks that run behind apartment complexes on Angliana near South Broadway. Black smoke could be seen billowing from the scene.
Lexington Fire Department Capt. Jessica Bowman said that about 375 railroad ties that were in a stack of about 800 caught fire.
Fire crews are still working to determine what caused the fire, Bowman said. Railroad traffic was not affected.
This story was originally published July 8, 2020 at 3:51 PM.
Rick Childress
Lexington Herald-Leader