Massive Fire After Train Derails in Dupo, Illinois

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A resident watches as a firetruck arrives in downtown Dupo, Ill. to help fight a tanker fire from a derailed train on Sept. 10. 2019. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

Massive Fire After Train Derails in Dupo, Illinois
By Jack Phillips
September 10, 2019 Updated: September 10, 2019

A train derailed in Dupo, Illinois, triggering a large fire and response effort.

Local news outlets reported that the train derailment took place in the Union Pacific’s Dupo Yard near Carondelet Avenue, between Adams Road and Main Road.


Union Pacific workers and firefighters stage at the scene of a tanker fire from a derailed train near downtown Dupo, Ill. on Sept. 10. 2019. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

“First responders are on scene of a multiple train car derailment on Carondelet Ave in Dupo. We will post updates as they become available,” St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency wrote on Facebook.

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