In the US, turned over and burned cars with oil

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В США перевернулись и загорелись вагоны с нефтьюIn the United States had a serious accident on the railroad tracks.

On the part of the railway near the town of Mosier in the U.S. state of Oregon derailed 12 of the 96 wagons of a freight train with oil. The resulting fire has been extinguished.

Now experts determine the extent of the accident. According to preliminary information, the tanker overturned. However, the oil spill in the Columbia river, which flows parallel to the railway, was not detected visually.

A freight train owned transport company Union Pacific. She confirmed that the tank oil is a special grade of light that is due to the high content of gaseous substances easier to ignite than conventional crude oil.

Composition followed from Eastpointe to Tacoma. Freight trains on this route go once a week and slowing down on the area about Mosier. Its inhabitants have confirmed that before the accident the train was not at a high speed.

The Department of transport Oregon ordered temporarily block the portion of the highway crossing near the site of the disaster. Evacuated teachers and about 200 students of secondary schools of the city.

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