Maryland train derails, triggers explosion
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – Smoke billows from a train derailment that caused a major explosion in the Rosedale neighborhood outside of Baltimore on Tuesday, May 28. A CSX freight train collided with a commercial truck and derailed leading to an explosion that a witness said could be felt blocks away.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – Workers gather around as damaged train cars from the derailment lie strewn along the tracks.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – The windows of a nearby business in Rosedale were blown out from the explosion.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – Onlookers watch the event unfold as black smoke billows into the sky.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – A helicopter circles above the incident as black smoke fills the air.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – The truck's driver was seriously injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – Several of the train cars are off the track as white and black smoke rises in separate columns from the wreckage.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – Smoke from the explosion fills the sky in Rosedale, just east of Baltimore.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – Onlookers stand at a distance as first responders investigate the possibility of toxic chemicals in the explosion.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – The explosion caused large plumes of smoke that could be seen from miles away.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – Fire and smoke rise from the explosion site as debris and train cars burn.
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Maryland train derails, triggers explosion – CNN iReporter Lori Saladino took this photo of the large plume of smoke caused by the explosion filling the sky.
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