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By Associated Press  HATTIESBURG - Forty homes in Forrest County were evacuated Thursday after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed.  Two workers for the private company U.S.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - About 150 people were ready  to begin cleaning up an oil spill threatening endangered  animals on Sunday, four days after a ship broke apart and six  people died in a helicopter rescue attempt.
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By Dave Greber  MIDDLETOWN  --  Underground gas lines and nearby Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks are making the cleanup of a 10,000-gallon diesel fuel spill difficult, officials from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.
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Rail travellers are facing a third day of disruption, as engineering work continues to overrun.
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Heavy rains caused flooding across parts of eastern Australia on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people as rural towns throughout the area were put on flood alert.
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By Paul Sand, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 13--A chlorine leak at a chemical plant on Tacoma's waterfront Monday night sent a large force of firefighters and medical personnel to the scene and forced the evacuation of the industrial area around the plant.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - A spill of toxic   liquids aboard International Space Station on Monday set off a   short-lived emergency and fears of a fire aboard the outpost.
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A train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and other chemicals derailed in West Virginia on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of the small town of Handley, emergency officials said.
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By Dave Skretta Associated Press  KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spewed a sticky substance that residents were warned not to touch.
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One person was injured, four homes damaged and 200 people evacuated when a freight train derailed Saturday in southeastern Los Angeles County, US authorities said.
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A Union Pacific freight train derailed near this southern Illinois community early Monday, spilling an unknown chemical and forcing the evacuation of more than 70 homes.
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PHILADELPHIA Nov 27, 2004 - A tanker spilled 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, creating a 20-mile-long slick that threatened fish and birds, Coast Guard officials said Saturday.
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TACOMA, Wash. - A chlorine leak at a waterfront chemical plant injured 12 people who inhaled fumes, and prompted authorities to evacuate the area overnight.  Workers were filling a 1,000-gallon tank with the chemical at Pioneer Americas Inc.
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Hundreds of people are being evacuated from a North Sea oil rig, police in Scotland confirm.
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A tanker spilled about 114,000 litres of crude oil into the Delaware River between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, creating a 32-kilometre-long slick that killed dozens of birds and threatened other wildlife, US officials said
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 17--A worker at a Tacoma Tideflats bleach plant likely is responsible for a chlorine gas leak Monday evening that prompted evacuation of the industrial area, the plant manager said Thursday.
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A Union Pacific freight train derailed in southern Illinois early Monday, spilling 20,000 gallons of oil products and forcing the evacuation of more than 70 homes.