Kentucky Derailment Could Cost Millions
A CSX train that derailed south of Louisville two weeks ago igniting chemical fires and forcing residents from their homes could cost the company more than $10 million, a spokesman said Wednesday. That amount includes damage to the railroad, the environmental price tag and personal claims from residents, CSX spokesman Gary Sease said. The train was carrying a number of hazardous chemicals, much of which firefighters allowed to burn so that rail cars could be moved off the site. CSX crews also excavated 4,500 tons of contaminated earth from around the site. Sease said workers have removed about 200,000 gallons of waste waster that contained chemicals spilled in the derailment.
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