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Smoke rises above the buildings as a fire from part of a freight train that derailed burns in Hyndman, Pa., about 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Emergency officials evacuated residents in a 1-mile radius. (Will DeShong/Bedford Gazette via AP)

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Emergency officials and CSX personnel gather near the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/The Cumberland Times-News via AP)

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Emergency officials and CSX personnel gather near the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate hundreds of nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/Cumberland Times-News via AP)

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A fire burns at the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/The Cumberland Times-News via AP)

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A fire burns at the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/The Cumberland Times-News via AP)

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In this April 29, 2014, photo provided by the Bryan, Texas, Fire Department, firefighters transport an injured worker in a stretcher to the ambulance. An explosion at the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant left Earle Robinson, 60, dead and two others injured. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)

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A fire burns at the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/The Cumberland Times-News via AP)

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Emergency officials and CSX personnel gather near the site of a freight train derailment, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Hyndman, Pa. A freight train carrying hazardous materials partly derailed early Wednesday, setting train cars and a garage on fire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate nearby residents. (Steve Bittner/The Cumberland Times-News via AP)

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An Afghan policeman stands guard near to the site of a suicide bomber struck at a NATO convoy in Kandahar southern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. A suicide bomber struck a NATO convoy near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, causing casualties, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo)

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Emergency personnel move away as a gas fire continues to burn following an explosion at Minnehaha Academy Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Minneapolis. Several people are unaccounted for after an explosion and partial building collapse Wednesday at a Minneapolis school, fire officials said. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)

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A downed aircraft is seen off the shoulder of U.S. Highway 69, north of Mount Selman, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The small engine plane had two occupants. Injuries are unknown at this time, according to an email from The Texas Department of Public Safety. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)

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A medical helicopter leaves the scene of a downed aircraft, seen off the shoulder of U.S. Highway 69, north of Mount Selman, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The small engine plane had two occupants. Injuries are unknown at this time, according to an email from The Texas Department of Public Safety. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)

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A downed aircraft lays off the shoulder of U.S. Highway 69, north of Mount Selman, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The small engine plane had two occupants. Injuries are unknown at this time, according to an email from The Texas Department of Public Safety. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)

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A recall was issued for over 260,000 iPhone cases with a glittery liquid mix. (Images: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)

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People stand on the city's main intersection holding burning flares to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Thousands of residents opened an uneven struggle on Aug. 1, 1944 in an effort to liberate the city from the Nazis and take control ahead of the advancing Soviet Red Army. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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An Afghan policeman stands guard near to the site of a suicide bomber struck at a NATO convoy in Kandahar southern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. A suicide bomber struck a NATO convoy near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, causing casualties, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo)

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Heavy rain falls as a grounds crew member works on a clogged drain in the flooded dugout before a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Philadelphia Phillies, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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San Francisco Giants' Brandon Belt, right, circles the bases after hitting a home run off Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Michael Brady, left, in the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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San Francisco Giants' Hunter Pence hits a three-run home run off Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Michael Brady in the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Kenley Jansen (74) reacts after getting the final out in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Atlanta. The Dodgers won 3-2. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)