Kiichiro Sato/ASSOCIATED PRESSNo, this Chicago fire is not one to be nervous about ― but it does look really cool. Social media has been entranced and a little concerned over viral images and videos of Chicago train tracks on fire as the city deals with record low temperatures this week. Crews for Metra, the Chicago-area commuter rail, are fighting ice with fire to protect train tracks during the polar vortex deep-freeze. Snow and ice can also clog track switches, which control the rails Metra trains run on. Metra will continue to pit fire against ice to keep trains rolling.”Chicago is so cold that it’s setting the train tracks on fire so they can run smoothly.

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2019 02:48 UTC