Train derailment, fire prompt evacuation in Tennessee
Source: TimesDaily.com
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A car on a CSX train carrying a flammable and toxic substance derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee, prompting the evacuation of thousands within a 2-mile radius.
Blount County Fire Department Lt. Johnny Leatherwood said a call about the train derailment came in Wednesday night at 11:50 p.m. EDT in Maryville. Firefighters and hazardous materials workers were on the scene and the fire was still burning at 6:05 a.m. today, he said.
About 5,000 people in the area were being evacuated along with several businesses, Leatherwood said.
In a statement, CSX said the train car that derailed was carrying acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in a variety of industrial processes including making plastics. The substance is flammable and is dangerous if inhaled, CSX said.
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LunaSea
(2,895 posts)I'm happy to be upwind of this site. Fifty people treated, 25 hospitalized.
No mention of wind direction, or how far the plume will carry, nor what sort of residue will remain.
CSX is giving out cases of bottled water as "your well may now be contaminated".
Surprisingly little useful information here locally.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)I'm glad Bernie has a serious & feasible plan to rebuild US infrastructures,
GO BERNIE GO!
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Rachel is covering it now.