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(Source: King5.com, November 4, 2013)

SEATTLE, Wash. — Burlington North Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway will pay a million dollar settlement to three families who lost their homes in a wildfire along the Columbia River Gorge in 2007, according to KING 5. Sparks generated by a grinding machine, operated by a BNSF contractor, are being blamed for causing the wildfire.

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