Environment News Service: A CN Rail freight train hauling 100 tank cars of crude oil derailed and caught fire in a remote area of northern Ontario over the weekend, the latest in a string of fiery incidents involving oil trains in Canada and the United States
A CN spokesman said the derailment took place just before midnight Saturday, about 80 kilometers south of Timmins, Ontario, in a wooded area, some 180 km northwest of the nearest city, Sudbury, Ontario.
Patrick Waldron said 29 railway cars in the 100-car train...