5,000 people evacuated in Tennessee after train derailment, fire

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Washington, Ramadan 15, 1436, Jul 2, 2015, SPA -- More than 5,000 people were evacuated Thursday from their homes in a small town in Tennessee after a train carrying highly flammable toxic gas caught fire, dpa reported. At least one of the 57 cars on the CSX train caught fire after the train derailed near Maryville, Tennessee, the rail company said. The tank car and 26 others contain acrylonitrile, "a hazardous material used in a variety of industrial processes, including the manufacture of plastics," CSX said. The substance is flammable and presents an inhalation risk, CSX said. -- SPA 00:34 LOCAL TIME 21:34 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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