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Truck/Train Collision in Texas Results in Large Explosion, Fire February 24, 2021 A tractor-trailer and a freight train collided Tuesday morning in central Texas, causing a large explosion and fire, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries after the collision in Cameron, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) south of Dallas. Homes in the immediate area were evacuated as the fire burned, authorities said. Milam County Judge Steve Young tells TV station KBTX that the truck hit the train, causing 14 train cars to derail. Milam County Sheriff Chris White said the train was carrying coal and gasoline, which caused the large fire. He said the back of the train contained hazardous material but it did not spill. ....
“Luckily, everybody seems to be OK,” Milam County Sheriff Chris White was reported saying to media. White said that the driver of an 18-wheel flatbed truck lost control of his vehicle and was unable to stop. He swerved around a parked vehicle and into the railway crossing, where his truck struck the passing freight train, NBC News reported. At least one barn burned down as a result of the fire, and some nearby homes were evacuated and suffered heat damage, Cameron Fire Chief Henry Horelica said in a press conference which broadcaster KVUE reported. “They have got a lot of people working on it,” White told media. “They are indicating that it could take up to two or three days to actually extinguish the entire fire.” ....
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An 18-wheeler and a train collided on Tuesday morning in Milam County, resulting in a large fire, an explosion and a thick plume of smoke seen miles away. ....
The crash unfolded at around 6.45am Tuesday outside the town of Cameron, about an hour northeast of Austin. The train was carrying oil tankers that exploded on impact with the semi-truck. ....