• Derailment in Columbus Ohio

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  by lvrr325
 
People miles away could see and feel an explosion caused by a derailed train in Columbus early Wednesday morning.

Fields Avenue, near 5th and 11th avenues, was shut down because of the derailment of four to five cars that were carrying chemicals such as denatured alcohol and Styrene, a chemical used to make plastic.

The derailment happened at about 2 a.m.

Nearly 100 cars were part of the train that derailed.

http://www.onntv.com/content/stories/20 ... tions.html

Also

http://myfox28columbus.com/shared/newsr ... 8455.shtml

Appears to have been on Norfolk Southern.