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BREAKING: Authorities order evacuation of small town in north-central Illinois after fiery freight train derailment
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 456756:MV8xNjY2NTYzXzI3NTM4MTY4X0Y5RDQ1NDM4] [quote:SHR:MV8xNjY2NTYzXzI3NTM1NzczXzgxRkExODlF] Fire could go huge....16 tanker cars all filled with Ethanol and on fire?....that's a big bomb just waiting to touch off... [/quote] Nice. And I have about 5 to 6 trains a week filled with ethanol going by and my house is about a football field from the tracks. [/quote]
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TISKILWA, Ill. (AP) -- A fiery freight train derailment in north-central Illinois has forced authorities to evacuate residents of the small community of Tiskilwa (TIHS'-kihl-wah).
The Bureau County sheriff's office says the train derailed early Friday.
Capt. Steve Haywood of the Ottawa Fire Department says the train's tanker cars were carrying ethanol being shipped by Decatur-based corn processor Archer Daniels Midland.
Witnesses have reported hearing explosions. And Haywood says at least one tanker car was burning.
There's no word yet on any injuries. Authorities say the town's evacuees are being taken to Princeton High School.
Tiskilwa is a village of about 800 people that's located about 100 miles west of Chicago.
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