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Minnesota Rail Report An Eye Opener
It’s being considered a ‘wake-up call’ for emergency responders in Minnesota
A state report says most local governments around Minnesota don’t have sufficient equipment to respond to accidents involving oil trains. You can count Houston County among those governments that would have to rely on help from the state or the feds:
Kurt Kuhlers (coolers) is the emergency government manager in Houston County. Kuhlers says the legislature is aware that counties like his, where the oil trains pass through, could use better emergency resources.
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