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May 7, 2015

North Dakota Town Evacuated after Oil Train Derails 
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A North Dakota town was evacuated Wednesday following the derailment of
a train carrying crude oil. About 40 residents were force to leave
Heimdal as emergency crews responded to the fire. It was at least the
sixth accident this year involving so-called "bomb trains" transporting
crude oil through North American communities. It comes just days after
federal regulators released long-awaited new standards for the trains,
which environmentalists have criticized as insufficient.

 

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