Town evacuates after Minnesota train carrying ethanol derails, catches fire
3/30/23
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from The Washington Post,
3/30/23:
A train carrying ethanol derailed and sparked a fire Thursday in a small Minnesota town, prompting a federal investigation and an hours-long evacuation, although no one was injured.
People within a half-mile of the incident in Raymond, Minn., were told to leave after emergency responders found that cars on a BNSF Railway train had derailed on the edge of the city and caught fire, the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The evacuation order was lifted shortly before noon local time.
BNSF said about 22 cars carrying mixed freight derailed, and four cars caught fire.
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