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jakeXT

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Mon Feb 16, 2015, 04:01 PM Feb 2015

Fayette County, West Virginia, Train Derailment Sparks House Fire

Source: NBC News

A freight train carrying crude oil derailed Monday in southern West Virginia, causing an explosion that set at least one house on fire, according to authorities. Several of the train cars spilled into the Kanawha River, east of Montgomery, and caught fire, prompting an evacuation order for a mile-and-a-half around the area where the train skipped the tracks, according to NBC affiliate WSAZ.

No injuries have been reported, according to the Fayette County Sheriff's Department. The Fayette County Fire Department responded to the scene, the sheriff's department said.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fayette-county-west-virginia-train-derailment-sparks-house-fire-n307091



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Fayette County, West Virginia, Train Derailment Sparks House Fire (Original Post) jakeXT Feb 2015 OP
Interesting, as so much COAL is shipped FROM WVA! elleng Feb 2015 #1
Huge fireball video from the derailment on CNN and MSNBC KeepItReal Feb 2015 #2

KeepItReal

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2. Huge fireball video from the derailment on CNN and MSNBC
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 07:44 PM
Feb 2015

Last edited Mon Feb 16, 2015, 08:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Really hope there are no casualties.

Link to local news report with video of the fireball:

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