Small eastern Kentucky town urged to evacuate after train derails, spilling chemical
Gov. Beshear declared a state of emergency in Rockcastle County.
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Rail operator CSX says that a chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and residents can return to their homes. Authorities reviewed air monitoring data and decided it was safe to let people return to the small town of Livingston. The CSX train derailed around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday near the remote town with about 200 people in Rockcastle County. Two of the 16 cars that derailed carried molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached. It’s believed that the fire released the potentially harmful gas sulfur dioxide.
