Acidente ferroviário

2016 Union Pacific oil train fire

3 de jun. de 2016 · 45.68° N, 121.40° W

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3 de jun. de 2016
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Acidente ferroviário
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45.68° N, 121.40° W
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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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