3 horses dead after train carrying ethanol derails

摘要

At least three horses were killed and several Texas homes were evacuated early yesterday when a train carryingthe highly flammable liquid ethanol derailed and caught fire.It wasn't immediately clear what caused the Union Pacific train to derail south of downtown Fort Worth, but theresulting fire ignited tanker cars and burned for hours. Residents were evacuated from about 20 homes as aprecaution (Greenwire, April 24).No injuries to people were reported, but the three animals were killed when flames spread to a nearby stable thathoused about 15 horses. People who rushed to the scene pulled the other animals from the stable.