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Five cars still on fire following oil train derailment in Illinois
GALENA, Ill. - An Illinois emergency management official said on Friday that 21 tank cars derailed, seven were damaged, and were five still on fire after a BNSF oil train accident on Thursday near the town of Galena.
Some oil was leaking from the derailed cars, said a spokeswoman for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, but there was no evidence that it had reached a nearby river.
Fire rises from an explosion at scene of a BNSF train derailment south of Galena, Illinois. (courtesy ScanDBQ)
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