Oil Train Derailment Causes Huge Fire in West Virginia

ENN
Feb 18, 2015, 2:17 pm15 pts
A huge fire is burning out of control in West Virginia and 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, after a train carrying crude oil derailed. When the accident happened, on the afternoon of Monday, February 16, crude oil began pouring into a river that supplies drinking water. Officials noted that…

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