Interesting, we had to switch from MTBE to ethanol as an additive because some idiots in California used leaking tanks and it seeped into the ground. Well the farm lobby got their way and now we have exploding tank cars of ethanol running the rails.
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Train derails, bursts into flames in Pennsylvania
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> Derailed railroad tanker cars burn under a bridge crossing the Beaver
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> Photograph by : AP Photo/Beaver County Times, Lucy Schaly
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> Associated Press
> Published: Saturday, October 21, 2006
> NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. -- A train derailed and burst into flames over a bridge
> in southwestern Pennsylvania late Friday, leaving fiery rail cars dangling
> over a river, authorities said.
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> There were no immediate reports of injuries, said Dom Bedolatti, 911
> centre supervisor at the Beaver County Emergency Management Agency. >
> The eastbound, 80-car Norfolk Southern Railroad train was carrying ethanol
> when it derailed above the Beaver River at about 10:50 p.m., said Norfolk
> Southern spokesman Rudy Husband.
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> "There are cars on the bridge, hanging off the bridge and in the water,"
> said Brian Hayden, a spokesman for the Beaver County Emergency Operations > Center.
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> There were no immediate reports of a spill, but hazardous materials crews
> from Beaver County and officials with the state Department of
> Environmental Protection were on the scene, authorities said.
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> The cause of the derailment and its damage estimate remained unknown early
> Saturday.
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> "That information, right now, we're still investigating all that," Husband > said.
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> The train's midsection derailed while crossing the bridge, which is about
> 30 metres high, Hayden said.
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> Eight rail cars on the bridge were on fire, but none abut homes or
> businesses and authorities did not expect the fire to spread.
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> "None of the cars that are on land are on fire," Hayden said.
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> Several homes and businesses in Beaver Falls and New Brighton were
> evacuated, emergency officials said. The site is about 40 kilometres
> northwest of Pittsburgh.
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> Witnesses reported hearing explosions and seeing flames shoot into the > sky.
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