A train carrying alcohol and corn syrup derailed in Raymond, Minnesota. Accidentally ethanol tanks caught fire, writes Associated Press.
Train cars caught fire after the train derailed, according to district sheriff Eric Tollefson. Local authorities had to evacuate the population within a radius of about one kilometer.
US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told the TV channel: CNNIt was reported that dangerous goods, including ethyl alcohol, were transported in 14 wagons. The department head noted that he had contacted the state governor and that representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency had already arrived at the scene. No information has been received about the victims at this time.
previously in the USA collapsed train with dangerous goods. The train was carrying petroleum products used to make asphalt.