...living within a one-mile radius of the wrecked train because of concern over chlorine continuing to leak from the ruptured tank car. The train had three tank cars carrying 90 tons of chlorine. With health officials worried about the gas settling...
...to expect a wave of patients needing medical treatment and decontamination from tons of deadly chlorine escaping a ruptured tank car. Activating their emergency response plan, hospital officials asked the 300-person night shift to stay on duty...
...line, released clouds of deadly chlorine gas from a ruptured tank car, killing nine people, including six Avondale Mills...locomotive that was struck on the spur line and the ruptured tank car are still at the crash site, although an estimate...
...back to help his men shepherd Avondale Mills employees and residents flee the clouds of chlorine billowing from a ruptured tank car. Since Thursday, his firefighters have battled a persistent fire in a coal hopper at Avondale Mills Stevens Steam...
GRANITEVILLE - Salvage workers successfully plugged a ruptured tank car that was leaking deadly chlorine at the wreck site of a Norfolk Southern freight train days after the accident that killed nine...
...afternoon of the wreck. The 2:40 a.m. accident resulted in the release of an estimated 70 tons of chlorine from a ruptured tank car. Sheriff Hunt said he issued the evacuation order after up-to-date wind forecasts by weather specialists at...
...remain in the Graniteville area? Mr. Berry said the main problem is the continued leak of chlorine from the one ruptured tank car, which still has between 20 and 30 tons of its 90-ton load. Salvage workers were attempting to stop this leak...
...said. After salvage operations were complete, the ruptured tank car and the two locomotives were turned over to the National...allowed back to their homes. SALVAGED EVIDENCE The ruptured tank car and two locomotives from Norfolk Southern Train 192...
...Creek Valley. Deadly chlorine gushed from a single, ruptured tank car carrying 90 tons of the potent chemical, quickly...created by nearly 40 tons of chlorine spilling from a ruptured tank car just yards from his plant. For two hours, Mr. Craig...
...that killed nine people, a company official said Monday. High concentrations of chlorine, which plumed from a ruptured tank car in Thursday morning's wreck, can chew through the sheet metal of cars and trucks and eat up the delicate circuit...
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