An aerial photograph of the site of the March 10, 2017, Union Pacific Railroad train derailment near Graettinger, Iowa. The train consisted of 98 tank cars loaded with ethanol, three locomotives and two buffer cars filled with sand. Twenty of the 98 tank cars derailed, 14 of the 20 released about 322,000 gallons of undenatured ethanol, fueling a post-accident fire that burned for more than 36 hours. Graettinger Board Meeting

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