Following a series of explosive disasters when trains carrying crude oil from the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota derailed, the federal government has issued a warning saying that this type of crude is “more flammable than traditional heavy crude oil.”

The safety alert comes just days after a BNSF derailment near Casselton, North Dakota shot a fireball and black smoke into the sky, and amidst a booming oil-by-rail business that critics have warned is a surefire plan for more accidents.

From the statement issued Thursday:

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