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| Train derails in DC, leaks hazardous material – fire fighters (PHOTOS, VIDEO) | Train derails in DC, leaks hazardous material – fire fighters (PHOTOS, VIDEO) |
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| The DC fire service has issued a warning about a derailed train on the city's Rhode Island Avenue. | The DC fire service has issued a warning about a derailed train on the city's Rhode Island Avenue. |
| A number of wagons have left the track and there are no reports of any fires. | |
| However, a substance identified by emergency responders as sodium hydroxide is leaking from one of the cars. | |
| Hazmat fire trucks have arrived at the scene, while the area is being isolated. | Hazmat fire trucks have arrived at the scene, while the area is being isolated. |
| As a precaution, Rhode Island Metro and Rhode Island Avenue have been shut down. The train was being run by the CSX transportation company. | As a precaution, Rhode Island Metro and Rhode Island Avenue have been shut down. The train was being run by the CSX transportation company. |
| One witness has tweeted a picture from the scene, showing at least two of the freight train’s carriages have fallen off the track. | One witness has tweeted a picture from the scene, showing at least two of the freight train’s carriages have fallen off the track. |
| “I was asleep when I heard a loud noise, then my apartment started to shake,” local resident Madison Johnson told RT. | “I was asleep when I heard a loud noise, then my apartment started to shake,” local resident Madison Johnson told RT. |
| Johnson said he believes petrol may have leaked from the train. “I honestly was nervous about having a gas spill so close to the apartment. Emergency personnel are here. I was instructed back into my apartment when I went to outside to look.” | Johnson said he believes petrol may have leaked from the train. “I honestly was nervous about having a gas spill so close to the apartment. Emergency personnel are here. I was instructed back into my apartment when I went to outside to look.” |