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Rail cars are ablaze in an inferno of fire after a tanker truck crashed with a Union Pacific freight train in Wills Point, TX on August 23, 2012. The big rig got stuck on the tracks when the trucker tried to get around a stopped train on a road that was not intended for heavy tractor trailers.<\/p><\/div>\n
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According to the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office, the truck accident occurred at state Highway 80 at about 1:15 a.m., when the fuel tanker truck was trying to cross the railroad tracks, got stuck and was hit by an oncoming train.<\/p>\n
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Map showing location of a fiery tanker truck crash with a Union Pacific freight train in Wills Point, TX about a half mile east of FM 47 on August 23, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n
The tanker truck driver, two men on the train, a conductor and an engineer were reported to have escaped without injuries.<\/p>\n
Fire departments from across Van Zandt County and Kaufman County were on the scene.<\/p>\n
The media reported that some fuel leaked toward surrounding homes, but crews said those home were not in danger of catching on fire. The smoke, however, was a concern and crews were working to evacuate about 50 homes in the area.<\/p>\n
The incident remains under investigation at tis time.<\/p>\n
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