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Two Trains Derail in North Dakota,Triggering Evacuation

A grain train and a crude-oil train on adjacent tracks derailed in North Dakota Monday, sparking a fire and explosion, and triggering warnings to those within a 10-mile radius to seek shelter.

A grain train and a crude-oil train traveling on adjacent tracks derailed Monday in North Dakota, sparking a fire and explosions that prompted evacuation warnings.

The accident occurred at about 2 p.m. Central Standard Time when a westbound 112-car grain train derailed into a 106-car crude-oil train heading east about a mile from Casselton, N.D., according to BNSF Railway Co., which owned both trains.

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