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5 dead, 2 injured as train strikes SUV carrying family in Florida, sheriff says

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Chronister said the victims are believed to be a local Plant City family who were en route to a quinceañera at a home just across the railroad crossing. Five people were killed Saturday evening when a freight train slammed into an SUV carrying seven at a crossing in Hillsborough County, Florida, law enforcement officials said. The dead, which included three adults and two children, were believed to have been family members, officials said. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister described a horrific scene, comparing the SUV to crushed can in the aftermath of the crash. Upon impact, the SUV "flipped violently several times before it landed a distance from this crossing," Chronister said in recounting the collision after viewing video. The jaws of life were used to rescue the driver and a front passenger, who were both transported to an area hospital, listed as in critical condition, the sheriff 's office said. Emergency response and law enforcement vehicles respond...

Temporary shelter-in-place issued after fishing vessel carrying freon catches fire in Tacoma, Washington

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The Tacoma Fire Department has issued a temporary shelter-in-place for residents in Tacoma, Washington, as authorities continue to respond to a fishing vessel fire. The Tacoma Fire Department has issued a temporary shelter- in -place for some areas near Tacoma, Washington, as authorities continue to respond to a fishing vessel that has been on fire since Saturday and is carrying diesel and freon . Since the Kodiak Enterprise caught fire Saturday morning while moored in the Hylebos Waterway of Tacoma, the fire has since progressed, and is now about 100 feet from the boat's freon tanks, the Coast Guard said in their latest release Sunday. Smoke rises from a fire on the Kodiak Enterprise in Tacoma, Washington, in a photo released by the Washington Department of Ecology on April 8, 2023. Washington Department of Ecology Freon can be toxic if inhaled "in large quantities or in a confined space," the Coast Guard said, but the release of freon in the atmosphere does not p...