Firefighters in Lincoln Heights put out a blaze on a downtown Los Angeles-bound freight train Thursday morning.
A burning boxcar was reported in the area of 599 N. Mission Road, around 5:20 a.m. Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
“Units arrived to find a Union Pacific railroad car heading westbound toward downtown L.A. with white smoke emanating from the container,” according to an LAFD statement. “The train continued to a secured railyard for fire crews to make entry to the container and begin fire suppression.”
It took crews a little over one hour to snuff the contents fire completely.
The cause of the blaze was unknown, according to the LAFD, which reported no injuries.