From: MetroNews
By Jeff Jenkins
MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — Multiple
tanker rail cars carrying crude oil derailed Monday afternoon in
Fayette County, triggering explosions and a 100-yard-high flames as
several cars rolled through a residential subdivision and into the
Kanawha River. CSX officials say “at least one rail car appears to have
ruptured and caught fire.”
At
least one house was destroyed, but police have found no evidence of
fatalities. CSX said one person was treated for potential inhalation (of
fumes).
In
a statement Monday evening CSX said its teams “are working with first
responders to address the fire, to determine how many rail cars derailed
and to deploy environmental protective and monitoring measures on land,
air and in the nearby Kanawha River. MORE
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