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CSX held train traffic out of area during Elza Gate fire

Posted at 10:26 pm March 25, 2019
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Firefighters used back burns, controlled fires that eliminate fuel, to help contain a large fire that burned grass and brush near the railroad tracks at Elza Drive in east Oak Ridge on Friday afternoon, March 22, 2019. This view is looking north toward Elza Drive. The line at right crosses over Elza Drive. The line at left is now partially dismantled, and it ran through east Oak Ridge, past Jefferson Middle School, and to Y-12 National Security Complex. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge/Oak Ridge Fire Department)

CSX said it held train traffic out of the area during a brush and grass fire near the railroad tracks in east Oak Ridge on Friday afternoon, March 22, 2019. This view is looking north toward Elza Drive. The line at right crosses over Elza Drive. The line at left is now partially dismantled, and it ran through east Oak Ridge, past Jefferson Middle School, and to Y-12 National Security Complex. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge/Oak Ridge Fire Department)

 

CSX said it held train traffic out of the area during a brush and grass fire near the railroad tracks in east Oak Ridge on Friday afternoon.

The large fire was reported at about 3:30 p.m. Friday along the railroad tracks south of Elza Drive, just east of Elza Gate Park. The fire burned grass on the side of a steep embankment supporting the railroad tracks that cross over Elza Drive. It also appeared to spread to nearby brush and grass near an unused rail line that splits off near the Clinch River to enter east Oak Ridge at Melton Lake Drive. The fire sent up a large plume of black and gray smoke that was visible for miles.

“Flames were moving quickly, fueled by strong winds and excess brush in the area,” the Oak Ridge Fire Department said.

CSX and the City of Oak Ridge said the cause of Friday’s fire remains under investigation. The Oak Ridge Fire Department said it believes the fire was unintentional. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Business, Front Page News, Marlow, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: brush fire, City of Oak Ridge, CSX, Elza Drive, Elza Gate Park, fire, grass fire, Marlow Volunteer Fire Department, Mike Marsh, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee Division of Forestry, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

Three taken to hospital after two-car crash on Oak Ridge Turnpike

Posted at 10:49 pm July 15, 2013
By John Huotari 4 Comments

Three people were taken to the hospital after a two-car collision on Friday morning in east Oak Ridge.

An Oak Ridge Police Department crash report said Edgar L. Cagley, 77, of Kingston tried to turn left from Elza Drive onto Oak Ridge Turnpike in a Hyundai sedan at about 11:09 a.m. Friday, but he did not yield to an eastbound Cadillac sedan driven by Margaret Burnett Martin, 84, of Oak Ridge. Cagley drove into Martin’s path, causing the collision, the report said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: collision, crash, Edgar L. Cagley, Elza Drive, Felicidad Rioveros Cagley, Margaret Burnett Martin, Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Turnpike

Delivery truck scrapes against railroad trestle, carries away large steel beam

Posted at 5:35 pm April 22, 2013
By John Huotari 9 Comments

Potters Truck and Elza Drive Railroad Trestle

A large steel beam rests on a Potter’s Home Center delivery truck after the top of the truck scraped against the bottom of a railroad trestle on Elza Drive on Friday morning.

A delivery truck for Potter’s Home Center scraped against the bottom of a railroad trestle on Elza Drive on Friday morning, and a large steel beam from the bridge ended up on top of the truck, authorities said.

The 1997 Ford F80 truck was driven by Dennis Randolf Neal, 44, of Jamestown. He was not injured.

An Oak Ridge Police Department report said the bridge is marked with 11’5″ signs. Neal told police he had driven through the area before. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: delivery truck, Dennis Randolf Neal, Elza Drive, Oak Ridge Police Department, Potter's Home Center, railroad trestle, steel beam

Former Medford fire chief dies in single-vehicle accident in Oak Ridge Turnpike

Posted at 3:04 pm December 27, 2012
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Oak Ridge Turnpike Fatal Accident

A Lake City man died Wednesday evening during a single-vehicle accident on Oak Ridge Turnpike near Elza Drive. Braden’s pickup truck went down an embankment and hit a tree, but his passenger survived. (Photos by Tom Scott)

A Lake City man who was also a former volunteer fire chief in Medford died during a single-vehicle accident on Oak Ridge Turnpike near Elza Drive at about 4:46 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Ronnie L. Braden, 62, was driving a black 2001 Ford pickup that went 15 feet down an embankment and into a tree, according to an Oak Ridge Fire Department report.

Rescuers said Braden had been complaining of chest pains before the accident.

In a statement Thursday afternoon, the Oak Ridge Police Department said Braden was declared dead at the scene by Anderson County Emergency Medical Services.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Emergency Medical Services, Connie S. Braden, Elza Drive, embankment, Lake City, Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Ronnie L. Braden, single-vehicle accident, WYSH Radio

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