A lawsuit filed June 23 alleges the Rowena Fire, which burned 56 homes and 91 properties in The Dalles, was ignited by a Union Pacific train. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in ...

The fire, which began on June 11 near milepost 76.05 on Union Pacific's Portland subdivision, was reportedly sparked by "superheated particles" emitted from a train hauling refrigerated boxcars ...