MANSFIELD, Mass. — Delays were reported on the MBTA Commuter Rail’s Providence Line Tuesday morning after a freight train caught fire.
Mansfield police said they received word of the fire from Amtrak Police just after 4:30 a.m.
First responders arrived at the scene and found one of the car half-engulfed in flames.
Traffic has resumed on the Providence Line with residual delays. Mansfield FD was responding to a freight train fire earlier this morning. pic.twitter.com/e8Z5njlSd9
— MBTA Commuter Rail (@MBTA_CR) June 13, 2017
Crews worked for hours to extinguish the flames and as a result the Providence Line was affected.
Traffic on the tracks has since resumed, but officials are warning of residual delays as a result.
It’s unknown how the fire started.
No other information was released.
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