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Residents return after train derailment, explosion

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By ABC7
Sunday, October 9, 2011
October 9, 2011 (TISKILWA, Ill.)

Approximately 800 people evacuated early Friday when a freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire.

It appeared the blaze was extinguished by Sunday.

There was no word on the cause of the crash, but investigators said they were checking out two cameras and data recorders from the train's engines.

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