"The Bucyrus Highschool is now open as a shelter for anyone needing a safe place to stay while the situation is handled," ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aleistair Adamson described screams and fear of fire after the crash train [BBC] A passenger travelling on the train from ...

Emergency crew put out fire at Union Pacific railyard involving ‘heavy toxic smoke’ near North Platte, Nebraska (North Platte VFD / Twitter) A train car carrying toxic acid at a Nebraska railyard ...

Nobody likes exploding trains, but Americans can’t yet seem to quit their unhealthy relationship with fossil fuels, and so we get exploding trains. Five this year, as a matter of fact. You know who ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Well, this is becoming an unfortunate trend.

Aleistair Adamson had been travelling from Nottingham when he was caught up in Friday's crash.