About this deal
On 11 November 2000 shortly after 9:00 am, 161 passengers and one conductor boarded the funicular train for the slopes. The water tank cars, which are only operated by Copper Basin employees, have been focusing on dousing hot spots while they ride the tracks.
It doubled in size Saturday, spreading through drought-affected six-foot tall brush and patches of timber, growing from 17,000 acres to 34,000.
The conductor and the sole passenger on the second train, which was descending in the same tunnel above the burning train, also died of smoke inhalation. And sometimes the railroad will serve as a fire line — the application of water could keep the fire from crossing to the other side.
Fifty per cent of the fire was contained on Thursday as of 8am, WKYT reported the Rockcastle county judge-executive, Howell Holbrook, as saying.When we talk about Diversity and Inclusion, we mean inclusion for ALL at BNSF, no matter your gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, ability or religion.