My hometown has been evacuated...

[Rochard]

Earlier today in my little home town of Lincoln, California, a train carrying propane caught fire. Seems they can't put it out so it's burning itself out. However, it's thirty thousand gallons and can take twenty-four hours for it to burn off. The problem is they are afraid it might blow up. About one quarter of the town has been evacuated.



In that above pictures, the trees on the left... That's the local high school.

First day of school has been canceled for Wednesday morning. Cell phone service is also down.

Here's a local news story and video:
http://www.news10.net


The evacuation order is up to my street but doesn't include us.

[L-Pink]

I think I would check into a hotel on the other side of town for the night.

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[96ukssob]

wow thats nuts

[baddog]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

I think I would check into a hotel on the other side of town for the night.

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No kidding. Having the border end across the street from me would be enough to make me find an excuse to take a road trip . . . . even if just an overnighter.

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by baddog

No kidding. Having the border end across the street from me would be enough to make me find an excuse to take a road trip . . . . even if just an overnighter.

Nah, it's on the other side of town really...

[V_RocKs]

close to Tahoe

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Rochard

The evacuation order is up to my street but doesn't include us.

Originally Posted by Rochard

Nah, it's on the other side of town really...

Really wide streets?

[Spunky]

Those tankers are like a bomb if they blow up..scarey shit

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by baddog

Really wide streets?

Seems they have evacuated a one mile radius around the fire itself. Which means I'm about a mile away from it.

[GAMEFINEST]

thats crazy man, im near stockton ....hope everything is alright..

[baddog]

If an explosion in Sac effects Stockton, there is a big problem. I take it you have no idea where they are in relation to each other.

[xenigo]

Originally Posted by baddog

If an explosion in Sac effects Stockton, there is a big problem. I take it you have no idea where they are in relation to each other.

Shit, if that explosion in Lincoln affects Stockton... it will affect the Bay Area too. LOL

[baddog]

. . . and Portland. ;)

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Seems they have evacuated a one mile radius around the fire itself. Which means I'm about a mile away from it.

Close enough for me, I watch those shows on History and Discovery Channels. I'd be off visiting Yosemite.

[pornguy]

Thats not a good thing.

[~Ray]

on CNN now

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by ~Ray

on CNN now

Yeah, woke up and found it on CNN.com....

More than 4,800 families were out of their homes in Lincoln, California, on Wednesday morning as a railroad tank car loaded with propane burned nearby.

The tank car, loaded with about 29,000 gallons of propane, caught fire around noon Tuesday.

Firefighters were spraying the tank car with water to keep it cool but letting the propane burn off, Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said. Extinguishing the fire could allow a propane gas cloud to form that could cause further damage if it ignited, he said.

About 4,800 homes within a one-mile radius of the burning tank car were evacuated, Berlant said. Businesses within that radius were also closed, he said.

"The fire continues to burn. We're keeping it (the tank car) cool to keep the pressure as low as possible" to prevent an explosion, Berlant said.

The length of the evacuation depends on how long it takes for the propane to burn off, he said.

Berlant said the rail car had not derailed. It was sitting on a side track in a propane facility and was not connected to any other cars, he said.

The cause of the fire had not been determined, Berlant said.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/24...ail-car-burns/

[Rochard]

Seems things got worse over night. The train itself is melting and coming apart.

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.