July 25, 2021
The environmental cleanup is continuing after a train derailment involving hazardous materials last week in McDavid.
Twenty-five cars of a southbound CSX train derailed in a heavily wooded area a mile north of the West Fraser Sawmill about 10:35 p.m. the night of July 19. Several tanker and hopper cars were among those scattered about the tracks during the derailment.
According to the Florida Department of Environment Management, two of the cars were carrying ammonium nitrate and molten sulfur, both hazardous materials.
“None has been released and it remains safely contained within the cars. A small amount of limestone gravel and (nonhazardous) methionine, however, has spilled,” FDEP Press Secretary Alexandra Kuchta told NorthEscambia.com in an email late Friday afternoon.
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Calls to Escambia County Emergency Medical Services have increased during the past year, and on Sunday night, a text to EMS staff seeking relief crews noted the department was beyond critical staffing levels for the night, forcing supervisors to run calls.
Interim Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore said the situation Sunday was caused by a combination of issues, including the shift being short-staffed after some call-ins and an entire ambulance crew having to remain on scene while Escambia County Fire Rescue fought a fire at Ascend Performance Materials.
A situation where there aren t enough EMS crews in trucks can lead to a 10-75 in which the county dispatch holds calls. Gilmore said when the county holds calls, it prioritizes sending ambulances, referred to as boxes, to the most critical calls first.