MN- Evacuations are underway after a train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire

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BREAKING: Evacuations are underway in Minnesota after a train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire. Officials say homes within a half-mile are being evacuated.

 

[arielilane]

Evacuations underway after freight train derails, catches fire in Minnesota

Multiple tankers of a freight train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed in a fiery crash on the edge of Raymond, Minnesota, officials said Thursday.

abcnews.go.com

A freight train derailed in a fiery crash near a small town in Minnesota early Thursday, forcing residents to evacuate as a precaution, officials said.

The incident was reported at around 1 a.m. CT. Multiple tankers of a train operated by BNSF Railway derailed and caught fire on the western edge of Raymond, a town in Minnesota's southwestern Kandiyohi County that has a population of less than 800. The tankers were carrying "a form of ethanol" and "a corn syrup liquid," according to a press release from the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office.

BNSF spokesperson Lena Kent confirmed to ABC News that "approximately 22 cars" of a train "carrying mixed freight including ethanol and corn syrup" derailed near Raymond at 1:02 a.m. CT. The company, one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, is investigating the cause of the incident and, so far, there were no reported casualties, according Kent.