Residents in western Minnesota town displaced by train derailment find refuge at nearby church
Posted on AllSides March 30th, 2023
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PRINSBURG, Minn. -- Roughly 60 residents from a western Minnesota town are receiving care at a nearby church after a train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed around 1 a.m. Thursday morning. Steven Zwart, senior pastor at Unity Christian Reform Church, said he was notified of an imminent evacuation around 1:30 a.m. Originally about 150 people stayed at a school overnight, but were transferred to church later in the morning. Since then, about 20 to 25 volunteers have shown up at the church, Zwart said, serving breakfast and planning meals...