Shelter-in-Place Order Briefly Issued at North Dakota Derailment Site

Shelter-in-Place Order Briefly Issued at North Dakota Derailment Site
Smoke fills the sky after a train derailment near Carrington, N.D., on July 5, 2024. Doug Zink via AP
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Officials at the remote site of a derailed train carrying hazardous materials that sparked a fire in North Dakota briefly issued a shelter-in-place notice Sunday for area residents during cleanup.

The notice was issued as a precaution early Sunday after air monitors detected low levels of anhydrous ammonia after a railcar began venting during its removal from the site, said Andrew Kirking, emergency management coordinator for Stutsman and Foster counties in east-central North Dakota.