Norfolk Southern’s ethanol use draws ire of Alexandria

Published May 30, 2008 4:00am ET



Alexandria leaders are incensed that they were unaware that a shipping company had been filling up tankers with thousands of gallons of ethanol near an elementary school even though the city’s fire department had no equipment to fight fires caused by the highly flammable fuel.

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