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Major Derailment/Explosion in Tiskilwa, IL

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Major Derailment/Explosion in Tiskilwa, IL

  by JLJ061
 
Believe this happened on the Iowa Interstate about 03:00 CDT this morning, 126 cars derailed carrying ethanol, resulting in explosions and fire, town has been evacuated. Still ongoing at the time of this posting.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 9614.story
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