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Oil train derails in West Virginia

In the US, a house has been destroyed and two towns evacuated after a train carrying 100 tankers of...
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6:49 AM - 17 Feb 2015



Oil train derails in West Virg...

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Oil train derails in West Virginia

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:49 AM - 17 Feb 2015



In the US, a house has been destroyed and two towns evacuated after a train carrying 100 tankers of crude oil derailed during a snowstorm in West Virginia.

The crash sent a fireball hundreds of feet into the sky - about 30 miles southeast of Charleston.

At least one tanker ended up in a river - while part of the train slammed into a house.

No serious injuries have been reported.

This eyewitness was on a riverbank nearby:



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