Oil train derails, erupts in flames in Oregon
By Katie Herzogon Jun 3, 2016Share
Another day, another exploding oil train.
On Friday, a flimsy metal can carrying crude oil derailed east of Portland in Mosier, Oreg., forcing schools to evacuate and an interstate highway to close. The accident involved 11 train cars, according to KIRO 7 News, and several burst into flames.
As of Saturday, there were no reports of oil leaking into the Columbia River.
Every accident reinvigorates fears about bomb trains that regularly route through the Pacific Northwest. In May, Oregon activists occupied railroad tracks to protest the extraction and transportation of crude oil through the region.
Three years ago, an oil-train explosion in Lac-Mégantic Quebec killed 47 people.
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