GRAETTINGER, Iowa (AP) - A fire sparked by the derailment of a freight train hauling ethanol through rural northwest Iowa continued to burn strong nearly 15 hours later, but appears not to be leaking any significant amounts of ethanol into a creek at the site, an Iowa environmental official said Friday.
"There was a pretty big explosion about 45 minutes ago" at the site of the fire, Iowa Department of Natural Resources field office supervisor Ken Hessenius said around 3:15 p.m. Friday. "No one can get within about a third of a mile of the fire yet. It`s still pretty dangerous there."...
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