BNSF Derailment, Fire in South Dakota Disrupts Rail Traffic
- Main track is out of service near town of Lesterville
- Train had 98 cars, two of which caught fire after derailment
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Ten cars of a BNSF Railway train carrying ethanol derailed in rural South Dakota, starting a fire and forcing detours on the company’s main track.
“That portion of the track is out-of-service,” BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth wrote in an e-mail on Saturday, saying she didn’t have an estimate yet for when it would reopen. “We have other routes we can use and will use.”