Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills

BY LIAM BOWMAN, TAYLOR NICHOLS and MARY BURKE / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism

A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis of federal derailment data showed.

Related Articles

Texas school districts can’t put the Ten Commandments in every classroom, judge says

Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin

Chicago residents slam Obama’s ‘Tower of Babel’ as neighborhood faces rent increases

National Guard vehicle collides with civilian car near US Capitol, trapping one person

Trump administration plans to open new migrant detent