Lawsuit Accuses Union Pacific of Igniting Rowena Fire Through Train Sparks

BART's train reliability settings fueled San Leandro station fire, agency engineer says

Equipment settings aimed at bolstering BART’s system reliability ended up fueling the San Leandro station fire last month, a top engineer told the transit system’s governing board Thursday.

Union Pacific asks STB to disallow some material from latest Metra filing

A Metra UP West line train heads from Glen Ellyn to Wheaton, Ill., on June 19, 2025. Union Pacific is arguing some material introduced by Metra should not be allowed by the Surface Transportation Board in its ongoing proceeding over the Metra-UP dispute. David Lassen WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board to disallow some of the material Metra included in its latest filing in its request for trackage rights on UP l…

Union Pacific Railroad train sparked the Rowena Fire, lawsuit alleges

A Wasco County couple is suing Union Pacific Railroad for allegedly starting the Rowena Fire that destroyed over 50 homes outside The Dalles this month.A legal complaint filed in district court Monday says “several eyewitnesses” saw sparks coming from a Union Pacific locomotive, sparking flames in nearby brush. A California-based law firm, Singleton Schreiber, is representing Ramon Garza Nino and Maria Carrera in the case. Attorney Gerald Single…

Lawsuit claims sparks from freight train ignited blaze that ravaged Columbia gorge town

Lawyers claim the wildfire that destroyed more than four dozen homes and nearly 100 other structures in Wasco County earlier this month was sparked by a braking Union Pacific freight train.

Lawsuit accuses Union Pacific of igniting Rowena Fire through train sparks

Union Pacific track runs through the fire area, but authorities haven't mentioned train sparks as a possible cause, saying only that the cause is being investigated.

Oregon couple sues Union Pacific over devastating Rowena Fire

Victims of the Rowena Fire allege that the mass destruction and dozens of homes that were burned were caused by sparks from a Union Pacific train