3,000 evacuated after train cars leak acid
Evacuees told they could be displaced for 48 hours
Two cars leak hydrochloric acid after six derail in Louisiana
Nursing home residents, thousands of others evacuated from area
Accident occurs in Lafayette about 2:30 a.m.
(CNN) — More than 3,000 people were evacuated in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday after two of six derailed train cars containing highly corrosive hydrochloric acid began leaking, authorities said Saturday.
Nursing home residents are evacuated Saturday after a train derailment in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The cars jumped the track about 2:30 a.m. CT.
Homes, businesses and a nursing home were evacuated in a one-mile radius after toxic fumes rose above the site.
Evacuees were told it could be 48 hours before they could return, said Lt. Craig Stansbury of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office.
