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The incident happened on Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the city of North Platte earlier today, and has sparked widespread evacuations from the city in Nebraska.
An explosion inside a container at Bailey Yard in North Platte sparked a fire that spread to several cars and release a "toxic smoke" plume about noon Thursday, Union Pacific
Emergency crews have contained a railcar fire involving "heavy toxic smoke" near North Platte.
A rail car containing acid exploded around noon Thursday at the world largest railroad classification yard, sending toxic smoke into the air.
Five people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a boat exploded at a LaSalle marina.