Massive fire sparked by train derailment in arizona
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Smoke billows from a fire at the scene of a derailed train on the heavy rail bridge over Tempe Town Lake, Ariz., on July 29, 2020. Source: Police chief Sylvia Moir A massive fire erupted
near Phoenix on Wednesday morning following a train derailment, authorities said. Tempe firefighters, paramedics and police rushed to a rail bridge over Tempe Town Lake. "This is a
coordinated attack with several agencies fighting the fire involving multiple train cars," Tempe police Det. Natalie Barela said in a statement. READ MORE FROM NBC NEWS: Hong Kong on
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Loop 202, a major thoroughfare of the metropolitan Phoenix area, in both directions near the fire, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.