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Flames Seen For Miles After Train Derails

Authorities Say Two Men On Board Were Uninjured

POSTED: 1:09 pm PDT August 22, 2008
UPDATED: 3:55 pm PDT August 22, 2008
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A Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train derailed in a rural northeast Oklahoma County on Friday, sending a giant fireball into the sky and forcing evacuations within a half-mile of the area, local station KOCO-TV reported.
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Eight cars on the 110-car train were involved, company spokesman Joe Faust said. Seven of the cars involved were carrying either crude oil or ethanol, while the other contained hydrochloric acid residue -- "basically an empty car," Faust said. He said he didn't know how many of the derailed cars had caught on fire. He said the two people on board the train, an engineer and a conductor, were not hurt. The derailment occurred around 3 p.m. about a mile northeast of the tiny town of Luther, about 30 miles northeast of downtown Oklahoma City. The train was traveling less than 40 mph from Tulsa to Temple, Texas, on tracks owned by Stillwater Central Railroad. No one answered the phone at the railroad's office Friday afternoon and the company's voicemail was full.Fire officials said an area a half mile around the explosion has been completely blocked but could be extended. The only way people can return to the area is to pick up a family member or child. Authorities are not letting people return to pick up animals, including horses and livestock. Television footage showed intense flames and heavy black smoke in the rural area and firefighters initially were apparently unable to get near the fire because of the heat. The railroad tracks near the site of the fire appeared to be bent and an oil pump jack is located nearby. Explosions at the site sent large balls of fire into the air and the blaze continued into the afternoon. Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department spokesman Mark Myers referred questions to the Edmond Fire Department, and the fire department's spokesman, Tim Wheeler, did not immediately return a message.


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Sounds like Stillwater Central evacuated themselves.

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Buckethead wrote:

Flames Seen For Miles After Train Derails

 while the other contained hydrochloric acid residue -- "basically an empty car," Faust said.


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Here is the scene in happier times.

Reports have it that when the Conductor first looked back to see where the explosion came from he broke out into his rendition of the song....OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
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OOOOOOOOKLA-----SHIT!!!!!

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Calvin wrote:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=pyfghp6x2hsg&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=11090897&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

Here is the scene in happier times.

Reports have it that when the Conductor first looked back to see where the explosion came from he broke out into his rendition of the song....OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
OOOOOOOOKLA-----SHIT!!!!!



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It might only affect 38% of the operations.

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Troll wrote:

It might only affect 38% of the operations.



With my profit sharing check, I'm taking the whole family out to Hardees...

 



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