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June 6, 2016

Oregon: Fire Chief Hopes Derailment Will Be "Death Knell" for Oil by Rail
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In Oregon, a so-called "bomb train" carrying volatile crude oil from
North Dakota derailed Friday in the city of Mosier, causing a massive
fire and forcing about 100 residents to evacuate. The crash damaged the
wastewater treatment plant and sewer lines. Local fire chief Jim
Appleton told Oregon Public Broadcasting that while he previously
defended the safety of shipping oil by rail, he now thinks the shipments
are "insane." "I hope this becomes [the] death knell for this mode of
shipping this cargo."


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