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Probe follows Tennessee acrylonitrile train fire that forced 5,000 to flee
INVESTIGATORS continue to probe a toxic gas fire after a train derailed south of Knoxville, Tennessee, last week, causing a day-long evacuation of 5,000 people, Reuters reports.
Flames engulfed a CSX tanker car, but were extinguished within 24 hours, the railway said, adding that the derailed car was loaded with 24,000 gallons of acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in making plastics.
Noxious fumes sent more than 80 to the hospital, including 10 police officers kept overnight, said the Blount County Sheriff's office.
The train was en route from Cincinnati to Waycross, Georgia, when the tank car derailed, CSX said. The train was made up of two locomotives and 57 cars, including 27 carrying hazardous materials, CSX said.
Flames engulfed a CSX tanker car, but were extinguished within 24 hours, the railway said, adding that the derailed car was loaded with 24,000 gallons of acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in making plastics.
Noxious fumes sent more than 80 to the hospital, including 10 police officers kept overnight, said the Blount County Sheriff's office.
The train was en route from Cincinnati to Waycross, Georgia, when the tank car derailed, CSX said. The train was made up of two locomotives and 57 cars, including 27 carrying hazardous materials, CSX said.
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