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CSX Says Freight Train Derails, Catches Fire in Tennessee
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02.07.2015
CSX Corp said one rail car of a train derailed in Blount County, Tennessee and caught fire early on Thursday, prompting evacuations.
The derailed car carried acrylonitrile, a product used in the manufacture of plastics, company spokeswoman Kristin Seay said in an email.
The CSX train which was traveling from Cincinnati, Ohio to Waycross, Georgia has two locomotives, 45 loaded rail cars carrying mixed freight, and 12 empty rail cars.
The Blount County Fire Department has ordered a one mile evacuation of the surrounding area, she said adding, county authorities and CSX representatives are responding on scene.
The derailed car carried acrylonitrile, a product used in the manufacture of plastics, company spokeswoman Kristin Seay said in an email.
The CSX train which was traveling from Cincinnati, Ohio to Waycross, Georgia has two locomotives, 45 loaded rail cars carrying mixed freight, and 12 empty rail cars.
The Blount County Fire Department has ordered a one mile evacuation of the surrounding area, she said adding, county authorities and CSX representatives are responding on scene.
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