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A freight train loaded with crude oil derailed on Thursday, bursting into flames and prompting authorities to evacuate everyone within 1 mile (1.6 kilometres), authorities said. The train derailed around 1:20 p.m. in a rural area where the Galena River meets the Mississippi, said Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Moser. Authorities didn’t say exactly how many people were evacuated, but said it wasn’t many. The train had 103 cars loaded with crude oil, along with two buffer cars loaded with sand. A cause hadn’t yet been determined. No injuries were reported.