A freight train traveling through Minnesota derailed in a fiery crash near the town of Raymond, prompting an evacuation of area residents.
The train, operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), went off the tracks on the western edge of Raymond at around 1 a.m. local time, according to a statement from the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office.
“Emergency personnel were dispatched and soon located a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train that had numerous rail cars derail,” the sheriff’s office said.
The tankers were carrying a “form of ethanol” and a “corn syrup liquid,” according to the sheriff’s office, which noted that several of the derailed cars caught on fire….