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Fire prompts mandatory evacuation near downtown Amarillo
Posted: 09.16.2011 at 4:56 PM
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A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for parts of downtown Amarillo after a fire near the railroad tracks.

Thick black smoke and fire was seen billowing from the area near the 1500 block of S. Johnson just before 11:30 am Friday.

Captain Wesley Hall with the Amarillo Fire Department told KVII-TV that the fire was in a railyard.

Police scanner traffic indicated that there were multiple hazardous materials in a train on fire.

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