Derailed chemical train burns out of control
LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) - A
101-car freight train carrying
explosive and poisonous
chemicals derailed early
Tuesday, igniting a roaring fire
and setting off a string of
explosions that forced evacua
tion of residents as far as five
miles away
The fire was so intense and
the danger so great that officials
said they were at a loss as to
how to halt the blaze No serious
injuries were reported
After the 5 a m derailment, all
2,000 residents of Livingston
were evacuated as three cars of
heavy oil burned Some 10
hours later, a tankcar of tetra
ethyl lead burst into a fireball
and spread hazardous fumes,
Officials don’t know how to put out Louisiana blaze
forcing the expanded evacua
tion to rural homes to the west
and northwest
"The intensity of the fire has
increased significantly and now
seriously threatens to rupture
adjacent ethyl chloride tank
cars," said state police spo
kesman Lt Ronnie Jones, who
relayed the constantly changing
information to reporters miles
from the fire scene
"We are shutting the town of
Livingston down,” Col Grover
"Bo" Garrison, commander of
tha state police, said early in the
day
A photographer was injured
slightly when an explosion
knocked him from a roof at
about 9 a m Five people were
examined at a hospital for
smoke inhalation The train
crew escaped uninjured
"The flames are tremen
dous," said Wilie Graves, a
spokesman for the Livingston
Parish sheriff's office "You can
stand a half-mile away and hear
the roar."
Fannie Albin, a Livingston re
sident. said the derailment jolt
ed her awake "I thought it was
an earthquake Then my
daughter came yelling down the
hall, Mommy, Daddy, everyth
ing's on fire!' ”
Four blocks from the derail
ment. 20-year-old Lisa
Needham said she awoke and
thought it was "an earthquake
or the world coming to an end
Then I saw the fire My whole
room lit up "
"We are at a stalemate as to
what to do," Lt. Jones said
“Because of the nature of the
chemicals we cannot go in and
use water because of the way it
would react with sodium And
we cannot go in with foam bec
ause it would contain the heat
and cause some tanks to rup
ture”
If water touches sodium, the
waxy silver metal explodes and
releases hydrogen, which
would feed the flames still more
Sgt Pat Touchard of the state
police hazardous materials divi
sion said authorities did not
know how far the metallic
sodium was from the fire and
therefore could not tell which
cars could safely be wet down to
keep them cool
Jones said three cars of
heavy oil are burning out of
control. Adjacent to them was
one of tetra-ethyl lead, which he
said is so explosive that it could
cause a fireball a half mile wide
Cause of the derailment was
not known.
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The University College Republicans will have their
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The group will be planning this year s campus activities
A visit to a local watering hole is planned following the
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The University Sailing Team will ba holding Its first
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cooperation between students and self detense New
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The Department ol Continuing Education presents
"Imagine That!" an evening class with en. "asis on the
practical application ot creative visualiiatto Learn the
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The Widowed Services Program at the University la
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people from ages 6 to 17 who have experienced the
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