News / Evacuations as burning sulphur spills from another US freight train derailment

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Another US freight train derailment forced the evacuation of residents in Livingston, Kentucky, on Wednesday.

Some 16 cars of the CSX train derailed and caught fire at 2.30pm, two of them tank cars carrying molten sulphur. Kentucky governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency.

Authorities were still testing for sulphur dioxide, the gas formed when molten sulphur burns and which is removed from ship exhausts by EGS ‘scrubber’ systems. In relatively small amounts, it can ...