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Groups claimed a coal train caused the fire.
Meanwhile firesetting ON RAILWAYS by protest groups has been a commonly used tactic.
"Ontario Provincial Police said the fires, at a second protest encampment in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, brought morning freight train traffic to a temporary halt.
Police spokesperson Bill Dickson said demonstrators lit a fire next to the railway tracks immediately after a train moved through the area near Belleville, Ont. He added that demonstrators then threw a few tires on the tracks and lit them.
Tyendinaga protesters stand on tracks attempting to block oncoming CN freight train – Feb 26, 2020
Dickson said police and firefighters extinguished the flames, and the Canadian National Railway Co. was inspecting the tracks. However, footage from the scene showed smaller, new fires being lit later in the morning as train traffic restarted. Protesters were also seen briefly standing in front of an incoming train, and throwing rocks and branches at trains.
Several OPP officers were standing by the tracks as the situation unfolded, but said they currently had no plans to move in on the protesters.
On Wednesday evening, a vehicle was discovered on fire in the middle of the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks in Tyendinaga, but OPP could not confirm at the time if protesters were responsible.
Firefighters arrived at the scene near Shannonville Road and extinguished the blaze.
Protests in several provinces have been ongoing for about three weeks in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in British Columbia who oppose the construction of a Coastal GasLink pipeline through their territory."
