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FILE--In this June 3, 2016, file image, from video provided by KGW-TV, smoke billows from a Union Pacific train that derailed near Mosier, Ore., in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Oregon lawmakers sent legislation requiring railroads to develop safety plans for oil spills back to a legislative committee Friday, June 30, 2017, because of concerns about concessions to the rail industry. (KGW-TV via AP, File)
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Members of a smoke jumping crew repack parachutes following a practice jump west of Albuquerque, N.M., on June 29, 2017. Federal agencies called for a boost in the number of resources in the Southwest due to the persistent fire danger, resulting in smokejumpers from Idaho and Montana being assigned to the region. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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Members of a smoke jumping team watch as fellow smokejumpers descend during a practice jump west of Albuquerque, N.M., on June 29, 2017. Federal agencies called for a boost in the number of resources in the Southwest due to the persistent fire danger, resulting in smokejumpers from Idaho and Montana being assigned to the region. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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In this Thursday, June 29, 2017 photo, firefighters work to control a wildfire south of Boise, Idaho. The blaze charred over 280 acres and was threatening several homes in the area. (Darin Oswald /Idaho Statesman via AP)
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Gary Sylvester gazes out the window of his cabin on Friday, June 30, 2017, as he recounts the tall flames he saw coming over the ridge the day the fire started in the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Charred remains are all that is left of cabin, Friday, June 30, 2017, the was destroyed by a wildfire in the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Smoke lingers in the valley north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah., Friday, June 30, 2017. A wildfire has been burning in the area over the past two weeks. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Charred remains are all that is left of cabin, Friday, June 30, 2017, the was destroyed by a wildfire in the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Smoke lingers in the valley north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah., Friday, June 30, 2017. A wildfire has been burning in the area over the past two weeks. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Charred remains are all that is left of cabin, Friday, June 30, 2017, the was destroyed by a wildfire in the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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A section of the Winooski River floods a farm field in Marshfield, Vt., on Friday, June 30, 2017. The National Weather Service says heavy rain falling on saturated soil with more to come is causing some flooding and road closures in low-lying areas of northern Vermont and parts of upstate New York. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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A section of the Winooski River floods a farm field in Marshfield, Vt., on Friday, June 30, 2017. The National Weather Service says heavy rain falling on saturated soil with more to come is causing some flooding and road closures in low-lying areas of northern Vermont and parts of upstate New York. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this image taken from video provided by WNBC 4 New York, emergency personnel converge on Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York, after a gunman opened fire there on Friday, June 30, 2017. (NBC 4 New York via AP)
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In this image taken from video provided by WNBC 4 New York, emergency personnel converge on Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York, after a gunman opened fire there on Friday, June 30, 2017. (NBC 4 New York via AP)
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In this image taken from video provided by WNYW, police and other emergency personnel respond to Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York after a gunman opened fire there on Friday, June 30, 2017. (WNYW via AP)
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In this image taken from video provided by WNBC 4 New York, emergency personnel converge on Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York, after a gunman opened fire there on Friday, June 30, 2017. (NBC 4 New York via AP)
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FILE - This May 9, 2017, file photo, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, shows a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. This section of tunnel partially collapsed at the site, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (U.S. Department of Energy via AP, File)
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Emergency responders gather round the crash of a Cessna 310 aircraft on Interstate 405, just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa, Calif., Friday, June 30, 2017. Two people were injured in the small plane crash. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Emergency responders gather round the crash of a Cessna 310 aircraft on Interstate 405, just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa, Calif., Friday, June 30, 2017. Two people were injured in the small plane crash. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Emergency responders gather round the crash of a Cessna 310 aircraft on Interstate 405, just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa, Calif., Friday, June 30, 2017. Two people were injured in the small plane crash. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
