From a Brent Coon and Associates Law Firm statement:
On the morning of October 29, 2020, a Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) train derailed in Mauriceville, Texas. The derailed cars included 15 loaded with potentially highly toxic and flammable materials. As a result, a large area totaling several square miles around the derailed train was evacuated. Power outages were widespread, impacting thousands of area residents. Several evacuation protocols remained in place for a number of days and caused a significant amount of economic loss to the community. Businesses were forced to close. Schools were forced to close. Parents were stranded from work with no one to care for many of the displaced students. Residents of the area were forced to leave and find accommodations elsewhere, many at hotels already packed with contractors and evacuees from the hurricanes that had already devastated the area in the preceding months.