A CSX train derailment involving 12 tanker/hopper cars resulted in a product release and fire-explosion in the city of Brooks, Bullitt County, Kentucky approximately 25 miles south of Louisville, KY. The product cars contained a variety of flammable liquids, gases, and accelerant compounds. The incident location is also a few miles west of Interstate 65 and a stretch of the interstate has been shut down because of the eastward movement of the smoke plume. A one-mile radius from the fire has been evacuated including Brooks Elementary School. EPA Region 4, EPA-ERT and support contractors responded to the incident.
Initial Responders working the incident: Local Fire & Rescue and The Commonwealth of Kentucky's Department of Environmental Protection (KDEP)and Ketucky's National Guard are on-scene.
USEPA Region 4 OSC, USEPA-Environmental Response Team (ERT), ERT ASPECT, and support contractor are responding to the incident. ATSDR and the USCG Gulf Strike Team are also responding.
CSX and it's contractors will conduct property restoration and rail repair.
Evacuation of one (1) mile radius (Brooks, KY) and Interstate 65 detoured. Health effects of smoke plume.
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