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Around 1:20 p.m. Monday, a CSX Train carrying crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken formation derailed in the Mount Carbon area of Fayette County, sending oil tankers off the tracks, with some reaching the Kanawha River.
The train, consisting of two locomotives and 109 rail cars, was en route to Yorktown, Va. As of Monday evening, it was unknown how much oil spilled from the train.
According to a statement on its website, CSX is “working with first responders to address the fire, to determine how many rail cars derailed, and to deploy environmental protective measures and monitoring on land, air and in the nearby Kanawha River. The company also is working with public officials and investigative agencies to address their needs.”
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency for Kanawha and Fayette counties because of the event.
Some of that oil caught fire, sending fireballs and plumes of thick, black smoke into the air.
A Fayette dispatcher said residents in Lower Boomer and Adena Village were evacuated. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said in a press release that the Montgomery and Cedar Grove water treatment plants were shut down, and customers served by those systems are urged to conserve water.
Messina said the state fire marshal and state Department of Environmental Protection were notified. Scanner traffic indicated traffic on state Route 61 was shut down at the Montgomery Bridge.West Virginia American Water spokeswoman Laura Jordan said the company’s Montgomery treatment plant serves around 2,000 customers in Montgomery and Handley.
CSX has booked rooms at the Holiday Lodge Hotal and Comfort Inn New River, both in Oak Hill, for those displaced by the derailment. Residents can call the hotel to reserve a room free of charge.CSX also set up a hotline for affected residents to call. That number is 877-835-5279.
originally posted by: xuenchen
Have they "ruled out" sabotage or terrorism yet?
Hope nobody is injured or killed.
originally posted by: xuenchen
Have they "ruled out" sabotage or terrorism yet?
Hope nobody is injured or killed.
The number of carloads of crude shipped on major US railroads skyrocketed from fewer than 10,000 in 2008 to 415,000 last year, according to the Association of American Railroads and the Federal Railroad Administration.
The largest concentration of tank cars is coming out of the Bakken oil patch of North Dakota and Montana, where there is limited capacity to move crude using pipelines, historically the industry’s transportation mode of choice.
Much of the oil is being hauled by a fleet of tens of thousands of flawed tank cars that are prone to rupture during derailments, according to The Associated Press. That can set off massive fires when the cars that carry more than 30,000 gallons of oil each break open and explode.
Exacerbating the potential hazard is the high volatility of oil from the Bakken — a sweet, light crude that regulators say contains higher concentrations of explosive gases than conventional heavy crudes.
originally posted by: Skid Mark
I heard about this earlier. It looks really bad. I really think they may have been going too fast for the weather conditions. There was easily 4 to 6 inches of snow earlier here in West Virginia in some places.
originally posted by: Skid Mark
I heard about this earlier. It looks really bad. I really think they may have been going too fast for the weather conditions. There was easily 4 to 6 inches of snow earlier here in West Virginia in some places.