article_snippet: The derailment comes amid increased public concern about the safety of shipping crude by train.
article_snippet: Since 2008, derailments of oil trains in the United States and Canada have seen 70,000-gallon tank cars break open and ignite on multiple occasions, resulting in huge fires.
article_snippet: A train carrying Bakken crude crashed in a Quebec town in 2013, killing 47 people.
article_snippet: Last month, a train carrying 3 million gallons of North Dakota crude derailed in a West Virginia snowstorm, shooting fireballs into the sky, leaking oil into a river tributary and forcing hundreds of families to evacuate.
article_snippet: The ruptures and fires have prompted the administration of President Barack Obama to consider requiring upgrades such as thicker tanks, shields to prevent tankers from crumpling, rollover protections and electronic brakes that could make cars stop simultaneously, rather than slam into each other.
article_snippet: the Illinois derailment site comes in the midst of a nationwide discussion about the safety of transporting crude oil by train .
article_snippet: Since 2008, derailments of oil trains in the United States and Canada have seen 70,000-gallon tank cars break open and ignite on multiple occasions, resulting in huge fires .
article_snippet: It was unclear if The train's tank cars were older models widely criticized for being prone to puncture during accidents.
highlights_snippet: Derailment comes amid increased public concern about safety of shipping crude by train .