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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5550604" data-attributes="member: 48469"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/us/raymond-minnesota-train-derailment/index.html" target="_blank">Raymond, Minnesota, train derailment: Cars carrying ethanol rupture and ignite. Now 4 more cars with highly flammable material could spill | CNN</a>&quot;A train hauling ethanol derailed Thursday morning in Raymond, Minnesota, igniting several rail cars and forcing a mandatory evacuation of the <a href="https://data.census.gov/all?q=Raymond+city,+Minnesota" target="_blank">city of about 800</a>, officials said.The fire was still burning more than 8 hours after the derailment, the US Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement late Thursday morning.“Four cars containing ethanol, a highly flammable product, ruptured, caught fire and continue to burn,” said the EPA, which had members at the scene by 6:30 a.m.And there’s a risk that more ethanol could spill.“Four additional cars containing ethanol may also release,” the EPA said. “The local fire department is currently the lead for the response and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city. The evacuation remains in place.”The EPA team is on the ground in Raymond to conduct air quality monitoring.Preliminary information suggests 14 of the train’s 40 cars were carrying hazardous material, “including ethanol, which was released – leading to a fire,” US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN on Thursday.&quot;[USER=5382]@rod[/USER][ATTACH=full]423329[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5550604, member: 48469"] [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/us/raymond-minnesota-train-derailment/index.html']Raymond, Minnesota, train derailment: Cars carrying ethanol rupture and ignite. Now 4 more cars with highly flammable material could spill | CNN[/URL] "A train hauling ethanol derailed Thursday morning in Raymond, Minnesota, igniting several rail cars and forcing a mandatory evacuation of the [URL='https://data.census.gov/all?q=Raymond+city,+Minnesota']city of about 800[/URL], officials said. The fire was still burning more than 8 hours after the derailment, the US Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement late Thursday morning. “Four cars containing ethanol, a highly flammable product, ruptured, caught fire and continue to burn,” said the EPA, which had members at the scene by 6:30 a.m. And there’s a risk that more ethanol could spill. “Four additional cars containing ethanol may also release,” the EPA said. “The local fire department is currently the lead for the response and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city. The evacuation remains in place.” The EPA team is on the ground in Raymond to conduct air quality monitoring. Preliminary information suggests 14 of the train’s 40 cars were carrying hazardous material, “including ethanol, which was released – leading to a fire,” US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN on Thursday." [USER=5382]@rod[/USER] [ATTACH type="full" width="388px" alt="rm.gif"]423329[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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