Residents of Kentucky town can return home after crews extinguish derailment fire

Residents of Kentucky town can return home after crews extinguish derailment fire

A chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and people can return to their homes, rail operator CSX said Thursday.

Residents of Kentucky Town Return Home for Thanksgiving After Train Derailment, Chemical Spill

Residents of a Kentucky town who were forced to evacuate on Nov. 22 after a multiple-car train derailment resulted in a chemical spill have been allowed to return to their homes. A state of emergency was declared in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, on Nov. 22 after 16 rail cars—two of which were carrying molten sulfur—derailed north of Livingston at 2:23 p.m. The molten sulfur onboard the train subsequently caught fire after the cars were breached, …

Kentucky residents return home after toxic chemicals train derailment

16-car CSX train derailed in Livingston, spilling molten sulphur which then caught fire

Residents of Kentucky town can return home after crews extinguish derailment fire - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — A chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and people can return to their homes, rail operator CSX said Thursday. CSX spokesperson Bryan Tucker said in an email Thursday afternoon that “the fire is completely out.” He said that authorities and CSX officials reviewed air monitoring data and decided it was safe to let displaced return home. The CSX train derailed around 2:30 …

Residents of Kentucky town can return home after derailment fire extinguished

LIVINGSTON, Ky. — A chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and people can return to their homes, rail operator CSX said Thursday.

Crews put out train derailment fire in Kentucky

LIVINGSTON, Ky. — A chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and people can return to their homes, rail operator CSX said Thursday.