A train derailment in Hyndman, PA resulted in fire and various commodities spilled. SCAA members HEPACO and EMS were involved in this response.
Thirty-two cars of a 178-car CSX train jumped the tracks at about 5 a.m. Wednesday. Rail cars containing propane and sulfur caught fire. At least one residence was destroyed when it was struck by a derailed car of the CSX freight train that went off the tracks at the northern edge of this Bedford County town about 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Residents were forced to evacuate.
Click here to view the article published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Thirty-two cars of a 178-car CSX train jumped the tracks at about 5 a.m. Wednesday. Rail cars containing propane and sulfur caught fire. At least one residence was destroyed when it was struck by a derailed car of the CSX freight train that went off the tracks at the northern edge of this Bedford County town about 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Residents were forced to evacuate.
Click here to view the article published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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