Koedespoort sleeper fire
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Koedespoort sleeper fire
Tom picked up this news story about a sleeper fire at Koedespoort in early August 2010
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Re: Koedespoort sleeper fire
Although it refers to a different continent, here is a short piece about another sleeper fire, which caught my eye as I lived in Spokane for a couple of years back in the '90s.
BLACK SMOKE IN SPOKANE
Posted on 13 September 2010
Railways Africa
On 1 September, railway employees working with a high intensity cutting torch set fire to sleepers impregnated with creosote at Spokane in Washington state, creating a huge pall of black smoke visible all over the city. Flames leapt seven metres into the air, with firefighters from several fire stations responding. No one was hurt but the smoke was toxic and it blasted into the air for an hour.