Evacuation orders remain in place for businesses and homes west of the 215 Freeway.
Firefighters responded to the railcar, near Oleander and Harvill avenues, after Cal Fire received calls of a large plume of smoke coming from the area, Cal Fire Division Chief John Crater said Friday morning.
The contents inside the insulated rail car reached 323 degrees at one point, but the temperature had started to come back down as of Friday morning. It wasn’t known what the temperature was as of Saturday morning. They also shut down the 215 Freeway between the Ramona Expressway to the south and Cactus Avenue to the north, which brought traffic to a crawl as officials diverted drivers to side streets.
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