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Derailment and fire at Eunice, Louisiana 27 May 2000.
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updated: Sunday June 4, 2000
A train hauling hazardous chemicals derailed on May 27, in Eunice, La.
Thirty-three cars of the 113 car train were derailed. Fourteen of these contained toxic chemicals. Because of a fear that the resulting fire might cause the chemicals to be released into the atmosphere between 2,500 and 3,000 people were evacuated from their homes.
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Tanker cars continue to smolder in the aftermath of Saturday's Union Pacific train derailment as seen in this Civil Air Patrol handout photo taken Monday, May 29, 2000
photo: AP/Excite |
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Tanker cars continue to smolder in the aftermath of Saturday's Union Pacific train derailment as seen in this Civil Air Patrol handout photo taken Monday, May 29, 2000
photo: AP/Excite |
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Burned rail cars are seen Thursday, June 1, 2000, at the site where a train hauling hazardous chemicals derailed on May 27, in Eunice, La.
photo: AP/Excite
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Cleanup continues Thursday, June 1, 2000, at the site where a train hauling hazardous chemicals derailed on May 27, in Eunice, La
photo: AP/Excite
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Burned cars from the part of a Union Pacific train that derailed May 27 in Eunice lie about 50 yards from the track on Friday.
photo: Advocate |
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This file last updated: Sunday, 04-Jun-2000 11:30:41 EDT
