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Evacuees Go Home After Derailment

BETHEL, N.C. (AP) -- Hundreds of evacuees were back home today after firefighters extinguished two rail cars that caught fire when a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed.

The two cars that caught fire did not contain hazardous materials, but about 15 homes near the derailment site remained under an evacuation order until midday Thursday, Pitt County spokesman Arlen Holt said today. CSX planned to begin rebuilding the rail line through the swampy area today so rail cars can be brought in to transfer cargo from the derailed cars, he said.

Fifteen cars from the 38-car train left the track and tumbled into Grindle Creek on Tuesday morning, five miles east of this Pitt County community, said Adam Hollingsworth, a CSX spokesman in Jacksonville, Fla. The train had been traveling from Rocky Mount to Greenville. The derailment's cause was not immediately clear.

No injuries were reported, but dense smoke from the burning wreckage compelled officials to evacuate the sparsely populated area around the crash site. About 150 homes were affected by the initial evacuation order, which was lifted Tuesday night.

Link:

http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmpne1e.htm

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), February 02, 2000

Answers

so how many derailments can we have in one month before it begins to look suspicious?

-- tt (cuddluppy@aol.com), February 02, 2000.

No..NO.. No there is no problem it can't be, No it just can't be. Just don't pay attention to anyone who says there is a problem. And the worm turns.

-- ET (bneville@zebra.net), February 02, 2000.

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