Train derailment causes explosion, prompts evacuations

A freight train derailment in Indiana on Sunday caused a loud explosion and calls for mandatory evacuations in the area.
0:40 | 06/18/18

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An emergency crews are on the scene of a train derailment in southern Indiana a tanker carrying propane exploded but no injuries have been reported. People living within a mile radius of this town. Of Princeton there where I evacuated as a precaution and a state highway through town has also been closed. Two out of three dangerous inmates who escaped from an Illinois jail are on the run this morning. Authorities are searching for accused murderer Zachary shock and Johnny Tipton. Police say those men along with Justin Brady used a pipe to bust a hole through a jailhouse wall on Saturday. Ray was found inside an oil fuel tank that night three other people face charges for helping the men escape.

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