Florida Wildfire Disrupts Amtrak Auto Train Service

0:00It's April 20th. Welcome in. This is Durham News Today, where local news meets AI. A wildfire in northeast Florida has shut down Amtrak's auto train service, forcing big changes for riders heading north. The train that hauls cars and passengers from Sanford, near Orlando to Lorton, outside Washington, got canceled on Monday, with no word yet on when it picks back up. Other routes took hits too. The silver meteor from Miami to New York now starts and stops in Jacksonville instead of South Florida, and one of its two daily runs got axed for Tuesday. Same deal for the Floridian line to Chicago by way of DC. It's rerouted to begin and end in Savannah, Georgia, with one Tuesday trips grabbed. Travelers are feeling the pinch, especially those planning family road trips or long hauls without flying. Amtrak stepped in with bus connections between Jacksonville and Miami to help folks on the silver meteor and Floridian get where they need to go. The blaze covers 2,700 acres along the line between Putnam and Clay counties, just south of Jacksonville, according to the Florida Forest Service.

1:09Crews are battling it, but no time mine for containment. Keep an eye on Amtrak updates if you're riding those rails soon. The fire is still active, and service could shift again any day.