falling into a park below. nearly 100 firefighters raced to the scene, as flames raced to engulf cars loaded with lumber, grain and other products. the fire is traveling north along the train bridge, which is making it extraordinarily difficult for our firefighters to fight. reporter: union pacific says tanker cars that fell off the bridge contain a hazardous and highly flammable chemical. the fire department says one tanker is leaking and is using heavy equipment to pull the car upright, stop the leak and prevent another fire. as flames raged, a light rail passenger train on a nearby bridge slowly pushed its way through the smoke. valley metro rail telling us it was safer for this final train to pass through than stop on the bridge. federal investigators now working to figure out why the derailment happened. and david, firefighters tell us that the chemical leaking from that tanker ignites very easily, which is what makes this such a delicate cleanup operation. they say it could l
they take you to the weekend and it s running you towards monday and tuesday. both of the systems that i showed you and before you know it they build off the coast and thisis getting into tuesday. this is where we could set up for a very largesystem . a lot of snow for the northeast. several days from the soul but we will watch it closely . i had to check the calendar on thursday to make sure it s still wintertime because it s so warm. clearly it s back. a fire still burns today at the site of a train derailment in rural iowa. more than 36 hours after it started. the ntsb says 27 tanker cars were carrying 25,000 gallons when they went off the track. that s thursday night. hundred and 50 miles from des moines. the crewmembers escaped unharmed and the cause of the
you can tell, there is not much there. it sent 27 tanker cars each carrying thousands of gallons off the tracks, two train crew members escaped to safety, so far no other injured reported, investigators, though, say they have not figured what caused the initial derailment. more bloodshed today in syria. this time iraqi oh worshipers were among targeted victims of two explosion near a shiite holy site. u.s. forces are deepening their fingerprints in the fight against isis. john hudy is in our middle east bureau with the details, hay, john. yeah, laura, it was a bloody day. 40 people were killed, more than 120 others injured in the twin bombings as you mentioned. now, the attack as we take a look at some of the video from the aftermath, by the way, some
saturday morning in wisconsin. then on sunday, it happened again, also in wisconsin. this time it was 110-car oil train that was hauling crude oil from north dakota. that train jumped the track answer derailed in watertown, wisconsin. 13 tanker cars from this oil train derailed. hundreds of gallons of crude oil were spilled, and that oil train forced the evacuation of 35 homes in the immediate area there just outside of milwaukee. so two day, saturday, sunday, two separate big train derailments in wisconsin. and thank god, nokes ploeded in these latest derailments over the weekend. there were no apocalyptic fire balls like we re used to seeing. but here s one little piece of this to tuck under your pell low when you go to sleep tonight. just sleep on this tonight. that oil train that derailed this weekend in watertown, wisconsin, that train originated in a place called newtown, north dakota. newtown is in northwest, north dakota. it s where a lot of back-end crude oil comes from now.
wisconsin. 13 tanker cars from this oil train derailed. hundreds of gallons of crude oil were spilled, and that oil train forced the evacuation of 35 homes in the immediate area there just outside of milwaukee. so two day, saturday, sunday, two separate big train derailments in wisconsin. and thank god, nokes ploeded in these latest derailments over the weekend. there were no apocalyptic fire balls like we re used to seeing. but here s one little piece of this to tuck under your pell low when you go to sleep tonight. just sleep on this tonight. that oil train that derailed this weekend in watertown, wisconsin, that train originated in a place called newtown, north dakota. newtown is in northwest, north dakota. it s where a lot of back-end crude oil comes from now. that train left new town, north dakota, and it headed east towards wisconsin which is where