05-06-2016 17:34 via salon.com

Oil-train derailment, fire damaged Oregon city water system

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say an oil-train derailment and fire has damaged essential city services in a small Oregon town.
The Mosier waste water treatment plant and sewer system are not operational as a result of the derailment Friday of 16 of the 96 tank cars on a Union Pacific train.
The area around the train remains evacuated on Sunday, and officials are conducting continuous water and air monitoring.
Authorities are working to clean up an oil sheen in the Columbia River near the scen
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