Firefighter Injured in Rail Car Blaze
An Oxnard firefighter burned his heels while standing atop a burning railway freight car, authorities said Monday.
Veteran firefighter Al Rivera was treated and released from St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard late Sunday night for first- and second-degree burns.
Rivera was attempting to cut a hole in the metal roof of the burning Southern Pacific boxcar when the intense heat burned through his boots, officials said.
The boxcar, filled with paper products, was sitting in a rail yard on East 5th Street when it caught fire at about 9:20 p.m., officials said. The fire was contained in about half an hour. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze.
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