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"Ohio Freight Train Derails, Causing Fiery Blast" [1]

"COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A freight train derailment and explosion in Columbus, Ohio, has authorities evacuating a mile-wide area of the city as they try to contain the blaze and determine what's burning."



The Associated Press had the story July 11, 2012. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Raw Video: Ohio Freight Train Derails" (Washington Post) [3]

Disasters [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [5]
Public [6]
Source: AP [2], 07/11/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ohio-freight-train-derails-causing-fiery-blast [2] http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/11/2890577/ohio-freight-train-derails-causing.html [3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/raw-video-ohio-freight-train-derails/2012/07/11/gJQAR1ohcW_video.html [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81