Bismarck, May 7 (RHC)-- A North Dakota town was evacuated Wednesday following the derailment of a train carrying crude oil. About 40 residents were forced to leave Heimdal as emergency crews responded to the fire.
It was at least the sixth accident this year involving so-called "bomb trains" transporting crude oil through North American communities. The accident comes just days after U.S. federal regulators released long-awaited new standards for the trains, which environmentalists have criticized as insufficient.
