DUNNELLON, Fla. — Dunnellon residents are demanding answers on why a huge pile of railroad ties caught fire last weekend along a railway in the city. Crews are now removing thousands of ties while city leaders work to figure out how the fire started and who will pay for the cleanup.
CSX tells Spectrum News 13 last year there were 110,000 railroad ties stored on the property parallel to a busy street, and crews removed 17,000 of them in December and January before Sunday’s fire broke out.
Planners brought in a dozen rail cars Thursday night to speed up the process, but city officials say it could still be a few more weeks before all the ties are hauled away…