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"45,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil Leak After Train Derails In Illinois" [1]

"PLAINFIELD, Ill. -- Most roads have reopened in Plainfield after a train carrying crude oil derailed nearly 40 miles southwest of Chicago.

Plainfield police said it will take several days to clean up an estimated 45,000 gallons of oil near Route 59 and Riverwalk Court, near the village's downtown business district.

Twenty train cars belonging to Canadian National Railway derailed before 7 p.m. Friday. Oil leaked from at least two cars and possibly a third, with much of it flowing into trenches that were dug for a natural gas pipeline."

CBS News had the story July 1, 2017. [2]

Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [5]
Public [6]
Source: CBS News [2], 07/03/2017
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