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Rail car fire in East Toledo

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Toledo firefighters responded to an unusual call Monday morning: a fire on a moving train!

It happened on the tracks at East Broadway and Hirzel Street, just south of Navarre Avenue, around 6:00 a.m.

Crews say one of the cars somehow caught fire. They got the train stopped and worked to contain the fire.

Norfolk-Southern says the train was filled with paper.

Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire.

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