MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. (AP) Fires burned for nearly nine hours after a train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in a snowstorm in West Virginia, plunging at least one tanker into a river while sending a fireball into the sky, authorities and residents say.
Officials evacuated hundreds of families and shut down two water treatment plants threatened by oil seeping into the river following the Monday afternoon derailment. A state public safety division spokesman, Lawrence Messina, said fire crews decided to let the tanks burn themselves out.
see article and vid at
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/16/west-virginia-oil-train-derailment_n_6693634.html
Not a trucking accident but Oil Train.....100 tankers of crude oil derailed
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Giggles the Original, Feb 17, 2015.
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"One of the Koch brothers was seen yesterday walking away from the site where the derail occurred".
That's what you will be hearing on the CB in the days to come.
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Oh, oh, anybody else see a pattern here?
Always thought, the railroads would be a perfect place for terrorism.
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[QUOTE="semi" retired;4465525]Oh, oh, anybody else see a pattern here?
Always thought, the railroads would be a perfect place for terrorism.[/QUOTE]
Nah, al-Qaida probably figures they do a good enough job themselves they don't need to intervene but yes they are a very easy target."semi" retired and FLATBED Thank this. -
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