What the records say
- When
- 3 Jun 2016
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 45.68° N, 121.40° W
- Description
- US oil train derailment and fire
2016 Union Pacific oil train fire
US oil train derailment and fire
On June 3, 2016, a Union Pacific train with 96 tank cars carrying Bakken oil from New Town, North Dakota to U.S. Oil and Refining in Tacoma, Washington derailed in the Columbia River Gorge near Mosier, Oregon. Sixteen of the 96 cars derailed after the train's emergency brake system about 18 cars back from the engines engaged – several cars then caught fire. By 5pm large explosions were coming from the tankers.
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