Officials are demanding an investigation into CSX, a railroad company, after brush fires sparked along train tracks and threatened homes in Rockland County. Christinafantv reports.
Small pockets of fire continued burning overnight Friday, but firefighters say they have it under control.threatened homes from Congers to Stony Point"Each of those trees back there, just each of them went up in flame," said Denise Defrancesco, who lives in Congers.
While firefighters attacked from the ground, helicopters dropped buckets of water to try to save neighborhoods. "Really scary. Very relieving that we were able to stave off the advance until the firefighters came in with their bigger hoses," said De Leon. About 100 people had to evacuate. Local officials believe the fire started when a CSX train began sparking over 15 miles of track and spread to the large fields of grass, which make up a bird sanctuary, next to it.
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