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RACHEL MADDOW: Crude oil train derailment in Mount Carbon, West Virginia

February 16, 2015 Roger Straw

Repost from MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show

WV freight train accident causes explosions

Rachel Maddow reports on a freight train derailment in Mount Carbon, West Virginia that caused fiery explosions and sent tanker cars carrying Bakken oil into a nearby river.

The Rachel Maddow Show, 02/16/15

Boomer WVMount Carbon WV

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