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 #1544630  by Jeff Smith
 
This was a couple months ago: https://highlandscurrent.org/2020/03/18 ... breakneck/

Pretty scary looking fire.
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The origin of the fires remains under investigation, state police said. In a statement, a representative for the MTA said “it appears a Metro-North diesel work train locomotive at the brush fire location between Cold Spring and Beacon experienced some type of malfunction at the beginning of the incident. Railroad investigators at the scene will determine the nature of any link.”
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