08-24-2011, 07:17 AM
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Jägermeister Test Pilot
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Seems things got worse over night. The train itself is melting and coming apart.
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LINCOLN, Calif. -- The risk of an explosion has increased at a rail car fire that started Tuesday afternoon at Ninth and I streets in Lincoln, emergency crews reported Wednesday morning.
"Despite the best efforts of firefighters to cool the tanker with water, the tank is showing signs of melting and (is) coming apart," Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said.
A crack in the tank would increase the risk of an explosion significantly, Berlant said.
This blaze could burn for as long as two weeks, if it's left to burn, fire officials added.
The burning tanker also is surrounded by 500,000 gallons of liquid propane in surrounding tankers, Berlant said.
A specialized team from Houston, Texas is now on scene, planning how to quell this situation without an explosion. A new plan is expected to be revealed later Wednesday morning, the Cal Fire spokesman said.
Meanwhile, buildings in a one-mile radius remained evacuated Wednesday morning in Lincoln, Berlant said.
Authorities said they also are enforcing a mandatory evacuation on all houses and buildings northeast of Highway 65 and Ferrari Ranch Road all the way to the northern city limits, east of Joiner Parkway, south of Nicolaus Road and north of First Street.
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