Fire Out on Potomac Bridge, Tracks Reopen

Fire boats have extinguished the Potomac bridge fire other than hot spots. VRE, CSX and Amtrak trains have all been stopped.

Posted Fri, May 27, 2016 at 2:44 pm ET|Updated Fri, May 27, 2016 at 4:46 pm ET

D.C. Fire officials say a fire on the CSX bridge over the Potomac River has been extinguished.

The tracks have been inspected and were reopening to trains.

Firefighters are tackling minor hotspots by pulling water from the river.

The fire was reported after 2:30 p.m. between East Potomac Park and the Virginia side of the river.

Fire officials had stopped all VRE, CSX and Amtrak train traffic heading to the bridge.

According to the Rail Transit OPS Twitter feed, the fire is a brush fire. It says that there are delays for the 303 and 305 trains.

We are fighting a fire on CSX RR bridge over Potomac with both land units and our fireboats. pic.twitter.com/os5EPOK0I9

— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) May 27, 2016

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»Fire photo from DC Fire and EMS Twitter account

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