Breaking:Explosions Follow North Dakota Train Derailment
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Subject: Breaking:Explosions Follow North Dakota Train Derailment Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:52 pm
Breaking:Explosions Follow North Dakota Train Derailment
on December 31, 2013
Residents near the derailment west of Casselton have been told to stay indoors. A fiery train derailment in North Dakota Monday afternoon has authorities warning residents nearby to stay indoors, as several train cars carrying oil burned and produced a thick plume of black smoke.
Authorities say the freight train, which was carrying 110 cars, went off the tracks three quarters of a mile west of Casselton and was hit by a second train, according to the Valley News of Fargo, N.D.
Alan Runck, a spokesperson for the North Dakota Fire Department, confirmed no one had yet been injured in the crash, but said several cars filled with oil were burning.
“Crude oil is draining out of the tankers. That’s just burning right now,” he said.
Runck said the wind was forecast to change and blow eastward later in the evening, leading to the possibility that oily smoke could blanket Casselton. “Our biggest concern is the wind right now,” he said.
Darrin Radermacher
A fireball shoots up at the site of a train derailment near the North Dakota town of Casselton, Dec. 30, 2013.
Breaking:Explosions Follow North Dakota Train Derailment
Subject: Breaking:Explosions Follow North Dakota Train Derailment 
Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:52 pm
