NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. —

Evacuations were almost called in north Sacramento after a railcar caught fire on Monday morning in a mostly industrial part of the city, officials said.

Crews were dispatched around 2:08 a.m. to the 3900 block of Roseville Road underneath the Highway 80 overpass near Del Paso Park.

A railcar caught fire with the potential to spread to two other railcars, one tank containing etheneol and another containing diesel, both explosive materials. A three-alarm fire was called for additional units to help, the Sacramento Fire Department said.

The fire extended into some grass, six vehicles in a tow yard and a trailer containing lead-acid batteries. Power lines were damaged and people lost power, the fire department said.

The SMUD outage map showed 1,859 customers l

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