Officials say the fire actually began on Thursday afternoon on a railcar across the Schuylkill River in Wynnefield.
Firefighters were still working to extinguish hot spots on the train on Friday morning, using water from hydrants in East Falls and taking hoses across the East Falls Bridge.
Chopper 6 was overhead as crews hosed down the smoking railcar.
The situation has since been cleared.
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