Residents ordered to evacuate after train derailment causes fire in Minnesota

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed carrying a form of ethanol and other materials.

Afreight train derailed early Thursday morning in Raymond, Minnesota, resulting in a fire as officials issued evacuation orders for residents living within a half of a mile from the incident site, Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson said.

"Fire departments from Raymond and numerous area departments responded as several of the derailed tankers started on fire and were determined to be carrying a form of ethanol and others with a corn syrup liquid," Tollefson wrote in a statement.

He also said the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train "had numerous rail cars derail on the western edge of Raymond but within the city limits."

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/transportation/residents-ordered-evacuate-after-train-derailment-causes-fire

>>18606944

Now bomb cars?

>>18606821

Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge.

Russia’s top security agency arrested an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent was put behind bars on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations against Evan Gershkovich.

The Federal Security Service said Thursday that Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information.

The FSB, which is the top successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB, alleged that Gershkovich “was acting on the U.S. orders to collect information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military industrial complex that constitutes a state secret.”

“The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich,” the newspaper said. “We stand in solidarity with Evan and his family.”

The arrest comes amid bitter tensions between the West and Moscow over its war in Ukraine and as the Kremlin intensifies its crackdown on opposition activists, independent journalists and civil society groups. The broad government campaign of repression hasn’t been seen since the Soviet era.

https://apnews.com/article/wall-street-journal-reported-russia-arrested-cd511a94a3fe0ce604df6648ef5adec5

Up to 25 people trapped in well in India after temple floor collapses.

Police and emergency workers are trying to rescue up to 25 people in India trapped inside a well after a floor caved in at a Hindu temple, an official and media reports said.

The floor, which doubled as a cover for the stepwell – an often large, stair-lined communal water source – collapsed on Thursday, sending worshippers plunging down at the temple in the central city of Indore.

“The rescue is continuing. Some 20-25 people are trapped inside the well after the roof collapsed,” a police official, Manish Kapooriya, said.

Television footage showed emergency workers using ropes and ladders to reach those trapped in the well in Madhya Pradesh state.

Other videos showed the caved-in floor and mangled steel bars, and police officers using ropes to seal the area.

Temples across India were brimming with devotees on the occasion of Ram Navami, the birthday of the Hindu deity Lord Ram.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/people-trapped-in-well-in-indore-india-after-temple-floor-collapses