Fire on Amtrak train near tracks in Lincoln, Lincoln CA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/12/2025 11:59 AM

I St, Lincoln, CA 95648

A fire was reported on an Amtrak train near the tracks on Main Track 1 in Lincoln, California. The train crew observed flames and used the onboard fire suppression system to extinguish the fire. Emergency responders coordinated cutting and attending to the train cars while managing safety and smoke conditions.

Audio|Source: Greater Sacramento Area Union Pacific and BNSF Railroads

02:27

Transcript:

00:00

Amtrak 1-1 bioplin on Main Track 1, and there was a fire.

00:06

The five-pottle fire, five-three, here, over.

00:14

Amtrak 5 went by there and their trains on fire over?

00:21

Are on fire.

00:23

We don't know if we started a fire, something to stop here,

00:27

stop at the signal,

00:29

but Main Track 1 is tied by the creeper was on fire.

00:33

It was flames, over.

00:35

Copy Main Track 1,

00:37

tie fire, rolls and I'll pull again, over.

00:41

MP 168.8

00:47

164, go ahead.

00:51

Just the outbound or the inbound?

00:54

Outbound.

00:56

What's the plan? Are we,

00:59

is that power that we're picking up front under its own power or are we, you guys having to tie down there and cut away?

01:06

So we got the inbound attending and we're gonna cut away while they attend the cars, go get the power and then come back.

01:19

It could just be connecting go.

01:23

How soon do you're about to be ready to go here?

01:27

We're ready now.

01:30

Here we go.

01:34

One of our state's attention, it was close to the ground, we put it out with the fire system, over.

01:43

Okay,

01:48

makes that cut auto.

01:55

Copy that, we're ready for the cut.

01:58

Happy, which unit did you say you receive and seeing all that smoke from there over?

02:05

Okay, uh, Dr.

02:06

There's still on the ground, uh, and second out units.

02:09

But, um, whatever you do, that smoke is getting more over.

02:15

Copy.

02:16

Um,

02:18

I apologize there.

02:19

We, uh,

02:20

take turn over right at a 12 o'clock year of time, so I just got to sat down and I'll, uh, get someone sign out over for that.

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