"We are continuing to question the crew to get additional information," Hersman said at a press briefing. "We still have some work to do."
State Senator Steve Sweeney, whose district includes Paulsboro, told Reuters on Saturday that 106 residents who live close to the crash scene were evacuated from the area on Friday night in case any more of vinyl chloride escaped into the air or water.
"What it really was was just to be cautious," Sweeney said. The residents will be out of their homes for several days, and are staying with friends and relatives or hotels, he said.
Conrail is jointly owned by rail operators CSX Corp and Norfolk Southern Corp.
(Editing by Paul Thomasch and Sandra Maler)
- Link this
- Share this
- Digg this
- Email
- Reprints
0 comments:
Post a Comment