{"id":62418,"date":"2013-12-31T12:58:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T08:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=62418"},"modified":"2013-12-31T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T08:58:55","slug":"north-dakota-train-collision-ignites-oil-cars-fire-to-burn-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=62418","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota train collision ignites oil cars; fire to burn out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/north-dakota-train-collision.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62416\" alt=\"north-dakota-train-collision\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/north-dakota-train-collision.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/north-dakota-train-collision.jpg 640w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/north-dakota-train-collision-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/north-dakota-train-collision-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>A wreck involving two trains, one of which was carrying crude oil, sparked a large fire Monday that sent huge flames and dangerous smoke into the sky, North Dakota authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>There were no reports of injuries from the accident, said Sgt. Tara Morris with the Cass County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, but &#8220;with the oil on fire there are hazardous conditions, and we are directing all people in the area to shelter in-place and stay indoors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters will be forced to let the fire burn out, which may take as long as 12 hours from the time of the accident (2:12 p.m. CT), because they cannot get close enough to the flames, she told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred one mile west of Casselton, a town of 2,300 residents about 25 miles west of Fargo. Huge plumes of smoke could be seen in Fargo, Morris said.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office advised all residents in Casselton and two nearby townships to evacuate because the winds were shifting due to a high-pressure system.<\/p>\n<p>Morris said it was unclear how the accident happened and authorities are trying to determine whether one of the trains derailed before they collided.<\/p>\n<p>About 10 of the cars on the train carrying oil were fully engulfed in flames. At least a dozen firefighters are involved, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wreck involving two trains, one of which was carrying crude oil, sparked a large&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,143,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-usa","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}