PHOTOS: Train carrying crude oil derails, catches fire in Whatcom County
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Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (WA Dept. of Ecology)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Danielle Wilson)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (WA Dept. of Ecology)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Danielle Wilson)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Danielle Wilson)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Danielle Wilson)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Danielle Wilson)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Danielle Wilson)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Danielle Wilson)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Danielle Wilson)
Whatcom County train derailment People were being told to evacuate or avoid the Custer area in Whatcom County after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Tuesday, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air. 12-22-20 (Whatcom County Sheriff's Office)
