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Residents evacuated after train derails in US state of Minnesota

Freight train crashes have been under increased scrutiny in the US since last month, when about 50 train cars-including about 20 with toxic chemicals-crashed in the Midwestern state of Ohio.

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Residents of the small rural city of Raymond were awoken at roughly 1 a.m. (0600GMT) after the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed, according to multiple reports. Raymond is roughly 110 miles (177 km) west of Minneapolis, the state's biggest city.