Propane burns after derailment in New York state
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A freight train carrying propane gas derailed and exploded into flames outside Oneida in New York state on Monday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people within a one-mile radius, fire officials said.
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About 100 people were evacuated in southern Illinois after a freight train derailed Thursday, including three tankers carrying chemicals, a Marion County sheriff's official said.
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EVERY DAY, up to two dozen tank cars filled with extremely dangerous chemicals travel by rail in New Jersey. Every day, the risk exists that one of these cars will be ruptured either by accident or terrorist attack, emitting a toxic cloud that threatens millions of people.
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A German man in the northeastern town of Gross Godems was being treated for serious burns Monday after accidentally setting his apartment ablaze when he mixed up a bottle of gasoline with alcohol, police said.
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NEW YORK Sept. 27, 2004 - Penn Station was evacuated and train service was halted Monday after two fires broke out, causing chaos for hundreds of travelers at one of the nation&#39;s busiest commuter hubs.
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City ladder trucks should never roll without at least four firefighters onboard and protective gear should be updated, a panel recommended Wednesday in response to a furniture store inferno that killed nine firefighters.
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A Norfolk Southern freight train carrying chlorine gas struck a parked train early Thursday, killing one person and injuring at least 70, authorities said. Decontamination sites were treating people exposed to fumes.
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A subway train that derailed early this morning near Penn Station in midtown Manhattan caused a ripple effect of delays into the evening rush hour.
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By Stephanie Kiszczak, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  Jun. 23--MITCHELL -- Seven fire departments were called out Friday to help extinguish a fire that erupted at J & L Auto Salvage on Illinois Route 111, just off New Poag Road.
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Poor record keeping coupled with a lack of communication worsened a dangerous situation triggered by the 2001 derailment of a freight train underneath the city's central business district, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
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Penn Station was evacuated and train service was halted for about three hours Monday after a fire erupted in a transformer beneath the East River, causing chaos for thousands of travelers at one of the nation's busiest commuter hubs.
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Penn Station was evacuated and train service was halted Monday after two fires broke out, causing chaos for hundreds of travelers at one of the nation's busiest commuter hubs.
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GROVELAND, N.Y. - Part of a highway in the Finger Lakes region was closed for five hours Thursday evening after a tanker truck crashed, spilling 45,000 pounds of slippery liquid chocolate that hardened.  State Police said there were no serious injuries in the crash shortly after 5 p.m.
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Eight children and one adult perished in the blaze, one of New York's deadliest in years, which may have resulted from a space heater or overloaded power strip
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A tanker carrying about 23 million gallons of diesel oil ran aground Thursday morning off New York City's Coney Island. No oil spill or injuries were reported.
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Small fires broke out for a second straight night along the capital region's Metrorail system, crippling commuter train service and leaving investigators on Tuesday trying to pinpoint the cause.
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Terrorist attacks on tankers carrying liquefied natural gas into a U.S. port could trigger a fire that could burn the skin of people a mile away and cause "major injuries and significant structural damage" within about a third of a mile, according to a government study released yesterday.