Train route blocked in Emsland: freight wagon causes several fires in Lingen

By Hermann Lindwehr: A freight train car caused several fires on the Lingen-Rheine railway line on Wednesday. Around 2 p.m., a brake on a tank car overheated and sparked, igniting dry grass and bushes along the tracks. The freight train had stopped on Niederdarmer Straße, just before the railway bridge in Hanekenfähr. Firefighters cooled the brake system, and firefighters walked more than six kilometers of track to extinguish small fires. The ra…

A freight wagon has caused several fires on a railway line in Lingen. The line is currently closed for trains.