Mass evacuation in Tennessee after train with toxic substance derails - BBC News
More than 5,000 residents of the US state of Tennessee have been evacuated after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and caught fire.
The train was carrying a flammable, toxic substance called acrylonitrile when it came off the rails near Maryville, just outside Knoxville.
Firefighters evacuated people within a two-mile radius of the fire to prevent them breathing in the poisonous fumes.
Local police said seven officers were hospitalised because of the fumes
More than 5,000 residents of the US state of Tennessee have been evacuated after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and caught fire.
The train was carrying a flammable, toxic substance called acrylonitrile when it came off the rails near Maryville, just outside Knoxville.
Firefighters evacuated people within a two-mile radius of the fire to prevent them breathing in the poisonous fumes.
Local police said seven officers were hospitalised because of the fumes
