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Train Collision in Alabama

FOXNews.com reports that there was a train collision in Alabama:

LINCOLN, Ala. — About 500 residents evacuated their homes after a train carrying sodium cyanide rear-ended a second train and caught fire, authorities said. No injuries were reported.

The collision Wednesday evening in north Alabama sent flames and a plume of black smoke into the air that could be seen 40 miles away in Birmingham, officials said. The blaze continued late into the night.

Luckily, no injuries or deaths have been reported.

Here is the sodium cyanide page in the Emergency Response Guide.

Posted January 19, 2006 08:26 AM  ·  Link   ·  Incidents

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