Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Officials warn of toxic smoke near ND derailment

Many residents evacuated a southeastern North Dakota town overnight after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, and officials warned that the acrid smoke could blow into the area. No one was hurt in Monday's derailment of the mile-long train that sent a great fireball and plumes of black smoke skyward about a mile from the small town of Casselton.

Read more in the Minot Daily News.