Emergency officials spent part of the day investigating a train derailment in the central Kentucky town of Falmouth.
The CSX railroad says 24 cars came off the track this morning (Wed). Four tank cars contained sulfuric acid but the railroad and local officials confirm that none of the hazardous materials were released.
Local officials issued a “shelter in place” order for the area within a half-mile of the derailment.
Students from an elementary school and a small day care were relocated to the high school and U.S. Highway 27 leading into Falmouth was closed to through traffic.
Shortly after 3:00 o’clock, the shelter in place order was lifted and roadways in the town of 2500 were re-opened.
CSX says the 125-car train was on its way from Cincinnati to Atlanta.
Aerial video from WKYT-TV:
