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Douglasville Derailment

 
Site Contact:
Stephen Ball
OSC

(ball.stephen@epa.gov)

Site Location:
6754 West Broad Street
Douglasville, GA 30134
 response.epa.gov/DouglasvilleTrainDerailment
NRC#: 963643

Train derailed in downtown Douglasville, Georgia. Train appears to be carrying mostly commodities. Train did carry 79 pounds of heptane in one container and about 100 pounds of methanol. No locomotives derailed.


Old Douglas County Courthouse building Middle trailer contained Hexane and Methanol Intermodal boxes Huggies diapers Train wreck looking west Sidewinders moving gondola car with intermodal boxes
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.