Florida Wildfires Strand Amtrak Silver Meteor Passengers Nearly 24 Hours
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Hundreds of Amtrak passengers were stranded for nearly 24 hours on a Florida train halted by wildfires near the Clay-Putnam county line. The train, identified by Amtrak as Train 98, was delayed in DeLand before ultimately returning to Miami with 232 passengers aboard. Amtrak said the stoppage was caused by two brush fires near the Clay County-Putnam County line in northern Florida.