Randolph, Minn.—As many as 55 students were taken to area hospitals following the release of approximately 200 gallons of anhydrous ammonia during a transfer from a semi-truck carrying 8,000 gallons to a storage tank at a local farm input business here on Wednesday, Dec. 8. According to Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows, almost all of the residents of this small rural community were evacuated as the cloud traveled in a southwesterly direction into the downtown area of Randolph.
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