Wildfire near Huntington railway corridor, flames on both sides; train operations under evaluation

Heard on: UPRR Huntington and Nampa Subs

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Guys, hey, for now we're still on kind of a wait and see mode.

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People are starting to show up here at Huntington.They still haven't got to the part of the tracks where the fire is on both sides.

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So once they do and make some assessments here, we'll let you know.

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Hopefully within.

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Next 30 to forty-five minutes, we'll know something.

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But as of now, they're just getting there to check everything out.

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Over.

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They're fine on that.

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They're good for another five and a half hours.

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So, like I said, we should know something here within the next hour at most.And we'll

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let you know if we need to go back there and cut that thing and tie it down.

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We'll know definitively here within the next hour at most.Dispatch

7/27/2026 03:34 AM

Wildfire

Huntington, OR 97907

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As discussed during the dispatch call, wildfire affecting the railroad near Huntington, with fire reported on both sides of the tracks; railroad dispatch advises crews are in a wait-and-see mode while responders assess whether trains may need to be cut and tied down.