ANOTHER Major Fiery Train Derailment In Minnesota Prompts Evactution Of Area!

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March 30th 2023!

ANOTHER Major Fiery Train Derailment In Minnesota Prompts Evactution Of Area!

Authorities say a train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire and residents within 1/2 mile of the crash were ordered to evacuate from their homes.

PRINSBURG, Minn. (AP) — A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and hundreds of nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said.

The BNSF train derailed in the town of Raymond, roughly 100 miles (161 kilometers) west of Minneapolis, around 1 a.m., according to a statement from Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson.

This latest derailment happened as the nation has been increasingly focused on railroad safety after last month’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment that prompted evacuations in East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border.

Residents in that town of about 5,000 remain concerned about lingering health impacts after officials decided to release and burn toxic chemicals to prevent a tank car explosion. State and federal officials maintain that no harmful levels of toxic chemicals have been found in the air or water there, but residents remain uneasy.

The major freight railroads have said they plan to add about 1,000 more trackside detectors nationwide to help spot equipment problems, but federal regulators and members of Congress have proposed additional reforms they want the railroads to make to prevent future derailments.

https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/mar/30/fiery-train-derailment-in-minnesota-prompts-evacuations/

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