(Source: Bismarck Tribune, May 6, 2015)
BISMARCK, N.D. — Four oil tanker cars, carrying Bakken crude oil, remained burning Wednesday after a fiery train derailment at 7:30 a.m. prompted the evacuation of a small Wells County town near the site of the blaze.
Emergency responders reported a small sigh of relief as the damp grass, which reached right to the railway tracks, was too wet to catch fire. Numerous firefighters maintained a perimeter, amid some earlier concerns that nearby propane tanks could catch fire and explode. The fire was being allowed to burn out Wednesday.
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