Lynchburg: City Estimates 50,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil Missing From Wrecked Cars
Staff Reports
About 50,000 gallons of crude oil were unaccounted for late Wednesday after a CSX train derailed in downtown Lynchburg and sent three flaming tanker cars careening into the James River.
The ensuing conflagration ignited oil on the surface of the river, sent flames and smoke hundreds of feet into the air, forced evacuations of downtown businesses and homes and rattled the nerves of hundreds of downtown workers.
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CSX confirmed about 15 tanker cars were involved in the derailment. Three or four caught fire, Lynchburg Police Lt. Dave Gearhart said.
Three tanker cars packed with crude oil slid down the bank and into the river during the derailment, according to City Communications and Marketing Director JoAnn Martin.
About 50,000 gallons of their haul was unaccounted for Wednesday evening.
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