Evacuations were almost called in north Sacramento after a railcar caught fire on Monday morning in a mostly industrial part of the city, officials said. Crews were dispatched around 2:08 a.m. to the 3900 block of Roseville Road underneath the Highway 80 overpass near Del Paso Park. A railcar caught fire with the potential to spread to two other railcars, one tank containing etheneol and another containing diesel, both explosive materials. A three-alarm fire was called for additional units to help, the Sacramento Fire Department said.
The fire extended into some grass, six vehicles in a tow yard and a trailer containing lead-acid batteries. Power lines were damaged and people lost power, the fire department said. The SMUD outage map showed 1,859 customers lost power in the area around 2:52 a.m. due to damaged equipment. Power had been restored to all but 31 customers as of 5:20 a.m. Roseville Road is shut down between Marconi Avenue and Longview Drive. I-80 was not closed as the fire was contained. It was unclear what caused the fire or where it originated. No injuries have been reported at this time. The train belonged to Sacramento Valley Railroad.
