• Heavy equipment is used in an attempt to extinguish the fire after a crude oil train derailment 50 miles (80 km) south of Timmins, Ontario. Canadian National Railway Company is still cleaning up spilled oil and removing damaged rail cars after a weekend derailment on its line at a remote site. The company said 29 of 100 cars on the train heading from Alberta's tar sands to eastern Ontario derailed late on Saturday and seven caught fire. There were no injuries. Reuters
    Heavy equipment is used in an attempt to extinguish the fire after a crude oil train derailment 50 miles (80 km) south of Timmins, Ontario. Canadian National Railway Company is still cleaning up spilled oil and removing damaged rail cars after a weekend derailment on its line at a remote site. The company said 29 of 100 cars on the train heading from Alberta's tar sands to eastern Ontario derailed late on Saturday and seven caught fire. There were no injuries. Reuters
  • Tanker rail cars are seen lying on their side after the crude oil train derailment. Reuters
    Tanker rail cars are seen lying on their side after the crude oil train derailment. Reuters
  • Tanker rail cars burn after the crude oil train derailment. Reuters
    Tanker rail cars burn after the crude oil train derailment. Reuters
  • Hundreds of local residents were ordered to evacuate their homes. The Daily Mail, Marcus Constantino / AP Photo
    Hundreds of local residents were ordered to evacuate their homes. The Daily Mail, Marcus Constantino / AP Photo
  • Train cars remain on the scene following the train derailment. The Register-Herald, Chris Jackson / AP Photo
    Train cars remain on the scene following the train derailment. The Register-Herald, Chris Jackson / AP Photo

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Oil train turns into dramatic fireball after derailing – in pictures

Liz Claus

February 18, 2015

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Fires burned for nearly nine hours after the train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in a snowstorm in West Virginia, US.

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