01-05-2016 16:13 via krqe.com

CSX train derails in Washington, DC; possible hazardous leak

WASHINGTON (AP) — A CSX freight train derailed near a Metro stop in Washington, D.C., on Sunday morning, sending about 10 cars off the tracks and spilling hazardous material from one of them, emergency officials and the railroad company said.
No injuries were immediately reported and no evacuations were ordered.
The train derailed Sunday about 6:40 a.m. near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station and one of the derailed cars is leaking sodium hydroxide, which is used to produce various hous
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