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CSX announced Thursday afternoon that residents could return home after a chemical fire from a train derailment forced many to evacuate outside of Livingston, Ky., ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. “The fire is completely out,” CSX spokesperson Bryan Tucker said in an email, the Associated Press reported. He added that officials reviewed the air monitoring…
Cleanup from the train derailment in Livingston is expected to take a few days, officials said.
CSX said molten sulphur spilled in the derailment and was on fire Wednesday night.
Responders were fighting the fire well into Thursday, and are monitoring for toxic air releases from the blaze.
The fire happened after a Norfolk Southern train collided with a CSX train, Norfolk Southern told USA TODAY.