Thousands Evacuated After Crash of U.S. Chemicals Train
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Emergency crews on Friday worked to plug  a chlorine leak from a tanker car damaged in a South Carolina  rail accident in which eight people died and more than 300 were  injured.
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Emergency workers were trying to plug a  dangerous chlorine leak from a derailed freight train car on  Friday after an accident in South Carolina that killed eight  people and injured more than 300.
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A train car derailed and leaked hydrochloric acid Thursday, leading to residential evacuations, a railroad official said. A radio reporter covering the story was taken to a hospital after being exposed to fumes.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  - Several thousand residents  and more than 100 prisoners were evacuated on Sunday when a  hazardous waste disposal plant at El Dorado, Arkansas, exploded  and caught fire.
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The White House Visitor Center was evacuated this morning after an accidental ammonia spill sickened some members of a tour group and briefly put chemical specialists on alert, officials said.
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MORE than 120 people were this morning hurt when a high-speed Tilt Train derailed in Australia. Rescue workers said it was a miracle that nobody was killed in the incident - 250 miles north of Brisbane.
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By DAVE SKRETTA  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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Two locomotives and 21 cars of a Union Pacific railroad freight train derailed in southern Illinois on Monday, spilling a chemical that forced the evacuation of about 75 homes in bitterly cold weather, the railroad said.
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PICO RIVERA, Calif. - A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed early Saturday, damaging at least four homes and forcing more than 200 people to evacuate, officials said...
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A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed early Saturday, damaging at least four homes and forcing more than 200 people to evacuate, officials said. No serious injuries were reported.
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NEW YORK Sept. 27, 2004 - Penn Station was evacuated and train service was halted Monday after two fires broke out, causing chaos for hundreds of travelers at one of the nation&#39;s busiest commuter hubs.
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Toxic fumes threatened thousands of residents in western Ukraine on Tuesday after a freight train derailed and caught fire, causing mass evacuations and leaving at least 21 people injured.
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MORE than 100 people were injured, five seriously, when a high-speed passenger train derailed and overturned in Queensland this morning.
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Dozens of homes have been evacuated because an overturned tractor trailer is leaking hydrogen gas on Interstate 84. The road's closure is causing major traffic problems in the area.
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Up to 100 people are hurt, more than 30 critically, in an explosion at a sugar refinery in the US state of Georgia.
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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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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.