1 man dead, 1 injured after railcar explodes in Omaha

[Omaha Steve]

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REBECCA S. GRATZ/THE WORLD-HERALD

Omaha firefighters respond to an accident on the railroad tracks near 1st and Hickory Streets in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, April 14, 2015.


http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/man-dead-injured-after-railcar-explodes-in-omaha/article_c3fd7da4-e2d5-11e4-bb34-5fab2484ea2c.html

POSTED: TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015 1:40 PM | UPDATED: 5:41 PM, TUE APR 14, 2015.
By Kevin Cole, Flora Zempleni and Alia Conley / World-Herald staff writers

One man died and another was trapped inside a rail car after an explosion Tuesday near First and Hickory Streets.

Battalion Chief Tim McCaw of the Omaha Fire Department said two men were cleaning out a tanker car about 1:10 p.m. when the explosion occurred.

A man standing on top of the tanker was blown to the ground, he said, while the ladder shot out of the car and left another man trapped.

“They were on their way out,” McCaw said. “(Witnesses) said that they had heard an explosion from the rail car and one person was lying on the ground when crews arrived.”

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