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Thousands evacuated in Tennessee after train carrying flammable chemicals derails

Xinhua, July 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Thousands of residents were evacuated early Thursday morning after a freight train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire around midnight in Maryville, Tennessee, according to local media.

The CSX train was traveling from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Waycross, Georgia, when one car of the train derailed and caught fire, said NBC News. The fire was still burning at about 8 a.m.local time (1300 GMT). About 5,000 residents in the area were evacuated along with businesses.

The CSX said in a statement that the derailed car was loaded with acrylonitrile, a flammable and toxic material used in manufacturing plastics, and that 27 of the 57 cars of the train were carrying hazardous chemicals. Endi