Officials provide some clarity on Council Bluffs rail tie fires

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) — Some Council Bluffs residents are still seeking answers on a series of railroad tie fires that they say are happening frequently around their homes.

The Council Bluffs Fire Department told First Alert 6 Wednesday that the most recent blaze — near 15th Street and Avenue O — is on private property owned by Union Pacific and that there’s nothing they could do about it.

That isn’t the case…

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