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Derailed Oil Train Continues To Burn In Illinois
2015-03-07 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A derailed oil train continues to burn in northwestern Illinois near the Mississippi River town of Galena more than 24 hours after it crashed. It is the third fiery derailment of trains carrying crude from the Bakken area of North Dakota in the past three weeks, raising more questions about the volatility of the oil and the safety of the tank cars used to transport crude. No one was hurt when the BNSF Railway freight train derailed at about 1:20 p.m. Thursday in a hilly and heavily wooded area...
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