Tennessee Train Derailment: 5,000 Residents Evacuated From Maryville
by ALASTAIR JAMIESON, SHAMAR WALTERS and CHRIS NELSON
More than 5,000 residents were evacuated after a freight train carrying "highly flammable and toxic gas" derailed and caught fire early Thursday near Knoxville, Tennessee, officials said.
Seven firefighters were taken to hospital after breathing in fumes from the blaze, Blount County Fire Department spokeswoman Marian O'Briant told NBC News.
An evacuation zone is in place over a one-mile radius from the derailment, near Maryville, and could be in place for up to 48 hours, the fire department said.
Two shelters are being opened for residents including one at a local high school, according to David Kitchen, senior disaster program Manager for the Tennessee Volunteer Region of the Red Cross.
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