Smouldering badger delays train services

[idiotboy]

Rail services near Tonbridge, Kent, were yesterday disrupted by "a smouldering badger on the line".

Watch manager Peter Brown explained: "Somebody had reported an electrical fire on the track at 8.30am. It [the badger] was on fire and every time a train came past it reignited.

"The flames would die down, but when another train passed the wind would cause the fire to start up again.

"We just told Network Rail there was a smouldering badger on the line. It didn't present a further danger."