article_snippet.sent: Firefighters were already said to be on the tracks.
article_snippet.sent: It is not the first time this year that a freight train derailment has sparked an evacuation.
article_snippet.sent: Last month, a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed in northern Illinois, bursting into flames and prompting officials to suggest that everyone with one mile to evacuate, authorities said.
article_snippet.sent: a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed at around 1.20pm on March 5 in a rural area where the Galena River meets the Mississippi, according to BNSF Railway.
article_snippet.sent: a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil had 103 cars loaded with crude oil, along with two buffer cars loaded with sand.