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"West Virginia Train Derailment Sends Oil Tanker Into River" [1]

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Emergency crews and environmental officials are responding to a train derailment in West Virginia that sent at least one tanker containing crude oil into a river and also caused a nearby house to catch fire.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

The CSX train derailed Monday afternoon in Fayette County.

West Virginia Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina said the tanker is leaking crude oil into the Kanawha River."

The Associated Press had the story February 16, 2015. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Governor Declares State of Emergency After Oil Train Derails, Sets House Ablaze" (Charleston Gazette) [3]

"Train Derailment Sends Crude Oil Cars Into Kanawha River; Explosions Erupt" (West Virginia Metro News) [4]

"State of Emergency Declared in West Virginia After Train Derails, Explodes" (Los Angeles Times) [5]

"A Pair of 'Bomb Train' Derailments Highlight Continued Risk of Shipping Oil by Rail" (Vice News) [6]

"Statehouse Beat: Refusal To Release Train Info Absurd" (Charleston Gazette) [7]

"West Virginia Train Derailment Sends Oil Tanker Into River, Ignites 14 Cars" (AP) [8]

"Oil train derails in West Virginia" (Aljazeera America) [9]

"Fireballs Erupt as CSX Oil Train Derails in West Virginia" (ENS) [10]

"The Sky Filled With Fire After Oil Train Derailed In W.Va." (Washington Post) [11]

"Fiery Train Crash Forces W Virginia Towns To Evacuate" (BBC News) [12]

Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Public [18]
Source: AP [2], 02/17/2015
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/west-virginia-train-derailment-sends-oil-tanker-river [2] http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRAIN_DERAILMENT_WEST_VIRGINIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT [3] http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20150216/GZ01/150219451/1101 [4] http://wvmetronews.com/2015/02/16/oil-train-derails-in-fayette-county-causing-explosion-tanker-cars-in-kanawha-river/ [5] http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-train-derailment-west-virginia-20150216-story.html [6] https://news.vice.com/article/a-pair-of-bomb-train-derailments-highlight-continued-risk-of-shipping-oil-by-rail [7] http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20141013/GZ01/141019822/1419 [8] http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/02/16/west-virginia-train-derailment-sends-oil-tanker-into-river/ [9] http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/16/csx-oil-train-derails-in-west-virginia-14-cars-on-fire-towns-evacuated.html [10] http://ens-newswire.com/2015/02/16/fireballs-erupt-as-csx-oil-train-derails-in-west-virginia/ [11] http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/17/the-sky-filled-with-fire-after-oil-train-derailed-in-w-va/?tid=pm_national_pop [12] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31492659 [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [17] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [18] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81