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February 17, 2015

West Virginia oil train derailment: Fires for hours, smoke

By JOHN RABY, Associated Press JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press

MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. (AP) — Fires burned for hours Tuesday after a train carrying 109 tankers of crude oil derailed in a snowstorm alongside a creek in West Virginia, sending

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