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A railroad worker died at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway transit hub in La Mirada early Wednesday after two trains collided and pinned him between them, authorities said.
Rescue workers were called to the train tracks near Beach Boulevard and Stage Road shortly before 12:30 a.m., according to the Orange County Fire Authority. They found a person had been crushed between two trains, fire officials said. He was declared dead at the scene.
The victim’s identity was not released because his family members hadn’t yet been notified Thursday afternoon. He was in his 40s, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said. BNSF described him as an employee who had been working in the railyard and said the company would cooperate with a National Transportation Safety Board investigation.
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A wind-driven fire broke out overnight in a residential neighborhood in San Bernardino County, burning two acres and three homes, authorities said Thursday.
San Bernardino County Fire Department crews arrived in the 10700 block of Tamarind Avenue in the Bloomington community just after midnight after reports of a fire burning in the backyard of a home, Battalion Chief Mike McClintock said.
Soon after, more residents called 911 to report that the fire had spread to a nearby home.
“There was significant wind that allowed those embers to spread from house to house,” McClintock said.
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Santa Ana wind gusts reached 50 mph overnight, fanning embers that eventually engulfed two acres and two houses. A third home was badly damaged, McClintock said. No injuries were reported.
Residents said a police officer banged on windows and doors to alert residents as flames reached doorsteps. All of the sudden, my step-dad got woken up by a loud banging on the door. When he opened it, the police officer was yelling, said resident Rovaun De Anda. Everybody needs to get out. Grab your pets, grab your children, your family. There’s a fire happening. Get out as quick as you can.’
“Thankfully, the firefighters did their job. They did an amazing job.”
Strong winds, with gusts of up to 50 mph, fueled the fire. It spread to two other homes and burned approximately two acres of brush before crews knocked the blaze down within 90 minutes, the fire department said.