Derailed Crude Oil Train Explodes in Canada
A train carrying crude oil exploded after it derailed near Gogama, NE Ontario, closing Highway 144, according to reports.
The authorities were forced to close a section of the highway for up to two days, with no detour available.
The incident, the fourth derailment in Northern Ontario since January this year, follows another derailment in the same area in February.
Freight Train Carrying Crude Oil Derails Near Illinois City
On March 5, a freight train loaded with crude oil derailed in northern Illinois, exploding into a ball of fire and prompting officials to suggest that everyone with 1 mile radius of explosion evacuate, authorities said, AP reported.
“Since 2008, derailments of oil trains in the U.S. and Canada have seen 70,000-gallon tank cars break open and ignite on multiple occasions, resulting in huge fires. A train carrying Bakken crude crashed in a Quebec town in 2013, killing 47 people. Last month, a train carrying 3 million gallons of North Dakota crude derailed in a West Virginia snowstorm, shooting fireballs into the sky, leaking oil into a river tributary and forcing hundreds of families to evacuate.”
Recent Train Explosions
- Canadian Town Evacuated after Train Explosion July 7, 2013
- Hundreds of Homes Evacuated after Ohio Railcar Leak November 28, 2013
- Two W Virginia Towns Evacuated after Derailed Train Explodes February 17, 2015