Feds are "on the ground": Buttigieg, other officials respond to western Minnesota train derailment
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is heading to the derailment site and is expected to address the media Thursday morning.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is heading to the derailment site and is expected to address the media Thursday morning.
The same time the derailed train burned Thursday morning, a bill designed to prepare for similar incidents in the future was officially introduced in the Minnesota Legislature.
The same time the derailed train burned Thursday morning, a bill designed to prepare for similar incidents in the future was officially introduced in the Minnesota Legislature.
Residents were allowed back home after an early morning train derailment prompted an evacuation of the small town of Raymond in Kandiyohi County Thursday.
"One of the beautiful things about living in a small town, in a collection of small towns, is when people hear there's a need, people step up to the plate," Zwart said.
Following the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine earlier this year, in which train cars exploded into a fireball and a significant amount of toxic chemicals were released, CBS Pittsburgh conducted a study about just how much say state officials have over what trains carry through their territory.
Raymond's assistant fire chief said crews are now letting the ethanol burn out after spraying thousands of gallons of water on the cars that caught fire in the derailment.
The train derailment in Raymond, Minnesota, is the latest such incident, but similar events have taken place across the country recently.
A train derailment and fire is causing problems for the residents of Raymond Thursday morning.
Residents were awakened in the middle of the night and asked to evacuate after nearly two dozen train cars derailed in Raymond.
An early morning train derailment has caused residents of a small town in Kandiyohi County to evacuate on Thursday.
Residents are now allowed back home after an early morning train derailment prompted an evacuation of the small town of Raymond in Kandiyohi County Thursday.
An early morning train derailment forced a small town to evacuate and closed a stretch of highway Thursday morning.
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