Chemical Fire Still Burning From Train Derailment in Kentucky

Homes in nearby Louisville were evacuated

Reason Staff | 11.1.2012 8:15 AM

A chemical fire is still burning early Thursday at the site of a train derailment in northern Kentucky.

Metro Safe spokeswoman Jodie Duncan says hundreds remained evacuated from homes in Louisville and nearby West Point after leaking vapors caught fire Wednesday while workers used a cutting torch to separate two derailed cars.

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Chemical Fire Still Burning From Train Derailment in Kentucky

Homes in nearby Louisville were evacuated

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