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Cleanup Begins After Freight Train Derailment, Fire in Maine
SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Railway owner Canadian Pacific Kansas City is leading cleanup and track repairs following a freight train derailment and fire in Maine that sent three railway workers to the hospital for treatment, officials said … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCleanup Begins After Freight Train Derailment, Fire in Maine
SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Railway owner Canadian Pacific Kansas City is leading cleanup and track repairs following a freight train derailment and fire in Maine that sent three railway workers to the hospital for treatment, officials said … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTexas Freight Train Collision Injures 2, No Hazmat Onboard
CHICO, Texas (AP) — A train collision and subsequent derailment injured two rail employees in Texas, according to a company official. A Union Pacific freight train collided with an unoccupied train that was parked on a siding around 7 p.m. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTexas Freight Train Collision Injures 2, No Hazmat Onboard
CHICO, Texas (AP) — A train collision and subsequent derailment injured two rail employees in Texas, according to a company official. A Union Pacific freight train collided with an unoccupied train that was parked on a siding around 7 p.m. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTexas Supreme Ct.: Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers
Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed by a contractor’s employees who were badly burned while working at an Exxon refinery, the Texas Supreme Court ruled. The … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTexas Supreme Ct.: Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers
Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed by a contractor’s employees who were badly burned while working at an Exxon refinery, the Texas Supreme Court ruled. The … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFire in Dubai Kills 16, Injures 9 in Apartment Building
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighborhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 16 people and injuring another nine, authorities said Sunday. The blaze Saturday in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGeorgia Plant Fire Extinguished, Shelter-in-Place Lifted
Emergency crews extinguished a fire at a Georgia chemical plant shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, allowing officials to lift a shelter-in-place order issued in the afternoon when the fire broke out for the second time in the day. The fire … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSnowmelt Spurs Flooding from Southwest to Rockies, Two Rescues
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A rapid spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter is unleashing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, causing residents there and in the Upper Midwest to evacuate or stock up on sandbags amid surging creeks … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreChief: Indiana Plastics Fire Reduced to a Single Hot Spot
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Fire crews working to fully extinguish an Indiana plastics fire have reduced its smoldering areas to a single hot spot, a fire chief said Saturday as officials prepared to decide if a dayslong evacuation order should … Source: Claims Journal
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