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MADem

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3. A link with a bit of video....UPDATE: Train carrying crude oil derails near Casselton

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Mon Dec 30, 2013, 06:19 PM

Dec 2013

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/422351/

CASSELTON – The train that derailed about a mile west of town here was eastbound carrying crude oil, according to a BNSF spokeswoman.

Emergency and fire-fighting crews are respond-ing to the derailment, which Amy McBeth, a spokeswoman for BNSF, said occurred at around 2:10 p.m.

McBeth said no crew members on the train were injured during the acci-dent. The train was 106 cars long and headed east-bound, she said.

McBeth said she didn’t know the train’s destination or how many cars derailed......

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Breaking news - Casselton ND train carrying oil derails and is on fire [View all] malaise Dec 2013 OP

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Link here - details trickling in malaise Dec 2013 #2

A link with a bit of video....UPDATE: Train carrying crude oil derails near Casselton MADem Dec 2013 #3

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That's a shame--glad the train crew wasn't injured. TwilightGardener Dec 2013 #5

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